Here's a link to the radio item mentioned.
Story begins at minute 22.
http://dynamic.rte.ie/quickaxs/209-r...hpatkenny.smil
Too busy running the airline, eh Leo? Funny, it never stopped him before. Any chance for a bit of a promo is usually grabbed without hesitation, and sure Micko is well able to bluff the credulous public into believing whatever he tells them. Bluff and Bluster is his stock in trade.
Maybe the real truth is that the bulls*it is getting too heavy to shovel now, even for Mick.
If your hero had any of the integrity you bestow on him perhaps he would announce that he was right in the beginning about the wisdom of these 25 minute turnarounds, which you know well he resisted strenuously when first dreamed up by Mr.C. McC.
He might even gain some credibility in the pilots eyes by declaring that it was indeed a failed experiment which placed undue pressure on the safety of the operation.
He could legitimately shove the blame onto 'those others' who forced him to accept it by going over his head to Tony Ryan.
Not likely.
For Micko has, on numerous occasions, duplicitously taken personal credit for inventing the 25 minute turnaround (prompting an insulted Mr.McC to huff off to Asia), and has crowed about its efficacy in making FR the most efficient of airlines. What a twister!
Besides which, even if he didn't think it up (btw, has Micko thought up ANYTHING that has worked lately?) he knows a nice little earner when he sees one, and he just can't help himself.....they've got to stay, because deep down he's just a greedy little
