An observation if I may..........
Having just returned from honeymoon (Howth) Dublin, I was amazed when my wife happened to comment that she thought the Ryanair 73's seem to be flying very fast when compared to EI and other airlines on the same approach into Dublin.
As local guys will know, Howth is on the approach into Dub RWY 28. In respect of this, are Ryanair drivers exceeding their speed limits here? As a point of interest, when we arrived at Dub, one of our Pilot's, presumably the Skipper actually shutdown both engines, as we rolled towards the gate........Safe practice, ummmmmm???!!!
Before we left, we watched a few buses landing on 28. Again, even my wife commented that the Ryanair 73's were taxing at ridiculous speeds!!!
Even on our return, I clocked a very young looking F/O performing a walk around on another departing flight. Suffice to say, it was laughable, it took him all of 1.5 mins!!! He didn't even look up to check the control surfaces, he kicked the front tyre, not even looking inside the gear bays, and just tapped the port engine cowling, let alone checking the starboard engine.......However, I can report that the F/O our return flight was far more thorough, and just as well!! Now forgive me, but complacency may cost nothing, but lives do.
At the end of the day, surely it's better to get somewhere late, than never!!.................
Please slow down guys, forget what the management targets are about and the demands these put on you all and get back to the safe and professional practices that you were trained in from day one.
Cheers & all the best.
C.N. (& his wife LOL!)
