responsible for an aircraft (loaded with women and children) which runs out of luck, connected to the insatiable financial greed which led to uncontrolled outsourcing, by way of unbridled contempt for invaluable staff experience?
Ouch
Good point though.
I was generally referring to the awareness at LoCo management (especially Ryan) that the public would be extremely biased towards thinking the crash is directly linked to the frugality of the airline. Even if it's a 20000 hour captain screwing up, joe public is likely to think that "if he flew for Ryanair and not BA, he can't have been very good". Nasty piece of work O'Leary (CEO or Ryanair, for those across the pond not familiar with the beast) has said many times that two hull losses would probably spell the end for the company.
Whether top management can retire rich regardless of the status of the airline is another question. I guess a worrying one!
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