Ryanair, the World’s most hated airline, should replace their CEO with a member of the cabin crew in an effort to cut costs, according to a pilot that flies for the shambolic airline.
The suggestion came in the form of a letter (shown below) penned by a training Captain and sent to the board of Ryanair.
We wholeheartedly agree with the proposal and hope that MOL stands aside immediately.
Sir,
I would like to share with you a cost-saving suggestion I have proposed to the Ryanair board. I write in my capacity as a B737-800 line training captain assigned to Ryanair’s Marseilles, France base. My primary job responsibility involves the line training and checking of co-pilots and captains on both an initial and a recurrent basis.As a Ryanair employee, I am aware of the company’s desire to reduce costs whenever feasible, and, in so doing, pass on these lower costs in the form of lower fares to the travelling public.
I would propose that Ryanair replace the chief executive with a probationary cabin crew member currently earning about €13,200 net a year. Ryanair would benefit by saving millions of euros in salary, benefits and stock options. Further, there will be no need to petition either Boeing or governmental aviation regulators for approval to replace the CEO with a cabin crew member; as such approval would not be required.
Finally, the position of CEO could, in fact, become a source of ancillary revenue for Ryanair. Currently, Ryanair’s contract cabin crew providers charge new recruits for the cost of their training – €3,000 in fact. Ryanair could similarly charge €3,000 for the training required to become chief executive.
Captain Morgan Fischer,
LTC, Ryanair/Marseilles,
Aix-en-Provence, France
Tags: Cabin crew, Hate Ryanair, Michael O'Leary, Worst airline
Heard this the other day.
“I was at Murcia airport in Spain 4 or 5 years ago. There was along non-moving queue of people waiting to check in with Ryanair; and coming away looking very annoyed once they had done so.
I spoke to one of them who told me that passengers ha…d been told in the flight papers sent to them that had 20kg luggage allowance. What wasn’t so apparent however is that this was outbound only, and that on the return only 15kg was allowed.
Apparently just about every passenger had been caught by this at check in and made to pay ridiculously high excess fees.
On another note, it’s not so many years ago the buggers tried to charge a disabled passenger to take his wheelchair on board.
I never have and never will fly Ryanair. “