Quote Originally Posted by SWv2 View Post
Skipper? Is that not a boat term.

Anyhow Michael O'Leary has more or less lifted the lid on the whole charade and told us that these planes fly themselves.
Much flying terminology is derived from the navy; we have a captain and a first officer, who are both pilots. The aircraft has a rudder, which yaws it to port or starboard. We flightplan in nautical miles and measure speed in knots.

Every day's a schoolday for such an open-minded, inquisitve fellow as yourself, sw. wd.