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Michael O’Leary, the Ryanair chief executive, has responded to the incidents by issuing a memo to all pilots telling them that they will be demoted the first time they make a dangerous approach and sacked for a second offence.
The memo, a copy of which has been obtained by The Times, states that a new disciplinary procedure is being introduced in response to a series of “high energy approach incidents over the past two years”.
Pilot unions said that the memo would force the problem underground, leaving pilots too frightened of losing their jobs to cooperate with efforts to find out why the incidents were happening.
Unlike the 2 KAL skippers that just lost their jobs for landing on the taxiway last month in Akita. They weren't demoted.
Korean Air has dismissed captain and co-pilot of Boeing 737-900 plane, which mistakenly touched down on a taxiway at Akita aiport of Japan on Jan.6,2007 instead of parallel runway narrowly avoiding disaster.
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