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From: "Rowley Cottingham" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 10:11 AM
Subject: If the NHS ran an airline...
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> The new minister for good ideas has outlined proposals to make the
> cockpit more "accessible".
>
> Pilots are spending too long training to fly aeroplanes. Instead of
> obtaining a pilot's licence, trainees on the new scheme will instead be
> awarded a certificate of air experience so they can start flying
> passengers much sooner. They will need to be supervised by a pilot with
> a licence, who will remain on the ground, but a few who survive will be
> able to proceed to train for a licence later. Mind you, for the
> purposes of our figures they will all count as full pilots anyway.
>
> For too long pilots have maintained a stranglehold on duties such as
> flying aeroplanes. Cabin crew have been unfairly excluded from these
> duties. A new 38 day course will enable cabin crew to learn to fly
> planes independently of pilots, without the need for all that excessive
> messing around with training, exams and stuff. Some cabin crew will
> have the opportunity to train as "practitioners" who will specialise in
> specific areas, such as landing practitioners and
> switching-on-the-seatbelt-light practitioners. Having a few of these
> around will mean we don't need as many of those expensive pilots.
>
> Communication skills are essential. Pilots are very bad communicators.
> Simply telling you "we're half way across the Atlantic now at 35000
> feet and are going to turn left soon" is just not good enough.
> Passengers must be kept fully informed of every move the pilot makes at
> all stages during the flight. In order to accommodate the increased
> communication training there will be less time for actual "flying"
> during the course.
>
> We must make this whole business more "passenger centred". Pilots run
> this whole show for their own convenience. Scheduled departure times
> are far too inflexible. It's no use saying the last flight to Sydney
> left at 4 o'clock when some of the passengers wanted to get on at 7
> because they wanted to spend more time browsing for Sudoku puzzle books
> in the duty free shop.
>
> You know it makes sense.
>
> /Rowley./
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