fireflybob:
That is about the way I used to think when I flew with Laker. It was a wonderful part of my flying career.
We all knew each other and it was all wonderful.
However, on the day that we went down the tubes we had 11 DC-10s, 3 Airbus 300B4s and 5 BAC 1-11s.
Can you just remind me how many 737s (or DC-9s) that your last company operated?
Ryanair curently operate 200 Boeing 737-800s.
That is a considerable fleet by any state of the union.
To successfully run such an organisation successfully, a high quality of training is necessary.