The Boeing 737 Max aircraft has the potential to be a 'game changer' despite its delayed return to service following safety concerns, Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary said Monday.
"The MCAS is now well-known by pilots, and we are the only airline with a Max simulator here in Europe. We put most of our senior pilots, the training pilots through it, they love the aircraft, they love the MCAS system once everybody understands what it does."
O'Leary said he was confident the aircraft is perfectly safe, and attributed the delays in its return to service to the process of ensuring that pilots are familiar with the new software system. He contended that despite the two tragedies involving the 737 Max, it has "never been safer to fly." "The manufacturers have a duty when they produce new products, new software, to educate the airlines and pilots as to the existence of that software and what it does, but this is still a great aircraft," he said.
"This is an aircraft that has 4% more seats, 16% lower fuel consumption, it is going to be the game changer for us for the next 10 years, so we can't wait to see it back in the air, flying safely and flying millions of people on an annual basis." Ryanair on Monday reported post-tax profits of 1.15 billion euros for the six months from April to September, slightly better than expected. It also narrowed its full-year profit forecast from 750-950 million euros to 800-900 million euros.
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