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PS. Don't blame on me, it's not my proposal.
Pilotless airliners will never happen, who in there right mind is going to step on a plane with no pilot it just wont happen.
Quite likely it will happen with Freighters first before passenger jets.
No yet recorded case of a drunken computer seeking to board a plane.
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Some of the smartest guys on the planet are hackers. Convince me that they can't bring an aircraft down remotely and I'll think about it. If there's a problem on the DLR, well they just open the doors and let you walk to safety, now see why that anaolgy isn't a great one?
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Here's a thing why doesn't hey buy some larger aircraft eg 767 take the to of the central 4 seats out , Eg make the wider isles and he can speed up boarding by having a wider isle. The doors use a combo cargo door . Might help . Or make a ' rapide ' service on a 737 take out the isle seats , have it two plus two . Widen the doors n launch ryanairmax a new quicker business sector service . Less sears so lighter to all over the shop . Try these smaller uk airports that have fewer flights .
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ORK new routes
Ryanair adds new routes from Cork to Poland and Lithuania - Business - Business | Ireland's online business and management news service - Businessandleadership.com
According to this article, the new routes are to Gdansk, Krakow, Warsaw, Wroclaw and Vilnius.
Obviously these routes have been chosen on their on merits after extensive research and Ryanair are in no way trying to drive Wizzair out of Ireland ...
The only Wizzair Cork route that Ryanair haven't just accidentally duplicated is Poznan (if you argue that Krakow and Katowice have a substantial overlap).
According to this article, the new routes are to Gdansk, Krakow, Warsaw, Wroclaw and Vilnius.
Obviously these routes have been chosen on their on merits after extensive research and Ryanair are in no way trying to drive Wizzair out of Ireland ...
The only Wizzair Cork route that Ryanair haven't just accidentally duplicated is Poznan (if you argue that Krakow and Katowice have a substantial overlap).
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Interesting how FR are very aggressively going after Wizz at the moment having ignored them for quite a long time. Not just in Cork but also at Modlin where yields are really thin apparently. The same would also apply to Vilnius and presumably Budapest. Essentially wherever the market is weak FR will (logically) go all out to destroy the competition. Long term is there room for both Wizz and FR at the bottom end of the market in an economically-ravaged Europe?
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To be honest both Ryanair and Wizzair have been going after each other for months now in the PR stakes in Poland so it's hardly from one side only, it all seemed to step up when Wizzair started recruiting ex Ryanair communications department staff
Shortly after Wizz started flying to London from Lodz which was the first route to really compete with Ryanair and since then there has been quite a few more overlaps from both sides, as they both try and protect their strongest territory.
W6 has better brand recognition in Eastern Europe, but a lot of people in Western Europe have not even heard of them, unless they have emigrated from Eastern Europe and I suspect Ryanair is trying to play on this because FR tends to have a better mix of tourists and people returning home on their flights, whereas W6 flights tend to be almost fully Polish people on Polish flights.
Wizz are now saying they are more transparent with pricing as they include card surcharges in headline price, but it's 2 euro per flight more expensive than Ryanair, luggage in the winter is more expensive (fuel surcharged) and you have to join the Wizz Xclusive Club for 30 euro a year to get the best prices.
Shortly after Wizz started flying to London from Lodz which was the first route to really compete with Ryanair and since then there has been quite a few more overlaps from both sides, as they both try and protect their strongest territory.
W6 has better brand recognition in Eastern Europe, but a lot of people in Western Europe have not even heard of them, unless they have emigrated from Eastern Europe and I suspect Ryanair is trying to play on this because FR tends to have a better mix of tourists and people returning home on their flights, whereas W6 flights tend to be almost fully Polish people on Polish flights.
Wizz are now saying they are more transparent with pricing as they include card surcharges in headline price, but it's 2 euro per flight more expensive than Ryanair, luggage in the winter is more expensive (fuel surcharged) and you have to join the Wizz Xclusive Club for 30 euro a year to get the best prices.
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Ryanair in conflict with Local Authorities in Turin (Italy), newspapers talk about possible cancellation of winter flights from TRN, if incentives are not granted.
One year ago Ryanair was negotiating a base in Turin airport TRN, the negotiation failed in february.
One year ago Ryanair was negotiating a base in Turin airport TRN, the negotiation failed in february.
Perhaps a more modest move on a future aircraft designed with this in mind to one of primary pilot, plus a secondary pilot who spends part of their time (i.e. busier or higher risk stages such as takeoff + landing or where quick diversion to safety is more difficult) in the pointy end, and the remainder of their time in the passenger cabin helping the rest of the cabin crew might be slightly more acceptable ? There will of course be numerous challenges in making this both viable and safe, but it should be achievable
Pilot dies on flight from Manchester to Cyprus - Telegraph
Also take the recent JetBlue incident in the USA. Imagine that skipper flying single pilot. He could possibly have wiped out hundreds. There are many valid reasons for two FD crew.
"Under aviation regulations, two pilots are required to be in the cockpit of a commercial flight at any one time for the safety of passengers and crew. The need for three qualified pilots is dictated by the length of the flight."
These aircraft are designed and legally obliged to be flown two crew.
Would you be happy with one person up front?
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"Under CURRENT aviation regulations, two pilots are required to be in the cockpit of a commercial flight at any one time for the safety of passengers and crew. The need for three qualified pilots is dictated by the length of the flight."
So who are they going to blame when the first pilotless aircraft spears into the middle of a city like London? The software engineers?
How will the software deal with a multiple bird strike and loss of all engines like Sully and crew had to deal with and plonk it in the Hudson?
How will the software deal with a multiple bird strike and loss of all engines like Sully and crew had to deal with and plonk it in the Hudson?
How will the software deal with a multiple bird strike and loss of all engines like Sully and crew had to deal with and plonk it in the Hudson?
Bird strike at take off or landing is result of airport not ensuring its field is clear along flight path.
Bird strike at take off or landing is result of airport not ensuring its field is clear along flight path.
Course not which is why BAE is spending millions on it.
But of course the herd think it's all automatic already.
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