“Air transport is just a glorified bus operation.” AirOperationsAviationBusAirlineTransport Author:Michael O'Leary
“The unions need to be taken on. British Airways is massively over-staffed and has got to get its costs down. . . . The problem for [chief executive] Willie Walsh is that the board of BA has no spine, no balls and no vision.” NeedsProblemVisionTakenCostBallsUnionsBritishChiefsBoardsAviationExecutivesAirlineSpineChief ExecutivesBritish Airways Author:Michael O'Leary
“We should try to eliminate things that unnecessarily piss people off.” PeopleShouldTryingAviationAirline Author:Michael O'Leary
“Code-sharing, alliances, and connections are all about "how do we screw the poor customer for more money?"” PoorConnectionsCustomersCodeAviationMore MoneyScrewsAlliancesAirline Author:Michael O'Leary
“Why does every plane have two pilots? Really, you only need one pilot. Let's take out the second pilot. Let the bloody computer fly it.” NeedsDoeTwoComputerPlanesAviationPilotsBloodyAirline Author:Michael O'Leary
“Short of committing murder, negative publicity sells more seats than positive publicity.” NegativeMurderSellsSeatsAviationPublicityAirline Author:Michael O'Leary
“The airline industry is full of bullshitters, liars and drunks. We excel at all three in Ireland.” ThreeIndustryAviationLiarsIrelandAirlineAirline BusinessAirline Industry Author:Michael O'Leary
“A lot of lies and misinformation has been put about by eco nuts on the back of a report by an idiot economist [Sir Nicholas Stern]. Environmental head bangers are talking nonsense when they claim that aviation is the fastest-growing source of carbon emissions. Coal-fired and oil-fired power stations are the biggest contributor of carbon but I have yet to hear any fearless eco warriors advocating nuclear power as they drive around in their SUVs to their next protest meeting.” Has BeensLyingNextTalkingGrowingSourceClaimsMeetingsEnvironmentalOilNuclearWarriorFearlessIdiotReportsNonsenseAviationProtestStationsNutsCarbonCoalEconomistEmissionsAdvocatingMisinformationNuclear PowerEcoContributorsCarbon EmissionsSuvsTalking Nonsense Author:Michael O'Leary
