Tag: business

What roles should the first 10 employees of a tech company be?

Quora runs the question: What roles should the first 10 employees of a tech company be?  Here is my favorite answer:

  1. jack of all trades, master of a few
  2. jack of all trades, master of a few
  3. jack of all trades, master of a few
  4. jack of all trades, master of a few
  5. jack of all trades, master of a few
  6. jack of all trades, master of a few
  7. jack of all trades, master of a few
  8. jack of all trades, master of a few
  9. jack of all trades, master of a few
  10. someone that can sell ice to eskimos

Surveillance is the Business Model of the Internet

Surveillance is the business model of the Internet. We build systems that spy on people in exchange for services. Corporations call it marketing.

Bruce Schneier

The Expert

I have recently shared somebody’s Facebook post with this video:

A lot of people laughed about it and that was that.  A few dug deep into the story and found where it came from.  But until today I haven’t really seen anyone coming up with the solution.  Here it is, for historical purposes.

7redlines

Found here.

Cyprus Airways : Why so many pilots?

Cyprus Mail reader asks an interesting question:

Having just read your article on the Cyprus Airways pilots’ legal action against the board, I cannot believe their audacity.

They talk about how the board should remove excess staff. There are 71 pilots for a fleet of six aircraft. That is an amazing amount of pilots for such a small fleet. That is the equivalent of 10 crews per aircraft, when normally an airline would have four, possibly five crews per aircraft, especially with such a small route structure. Why so many pilots?

No wonder the airline cannot make a profit.

I wonder how many people actually know the following:

  • how many aircraft  Cyprus Airways has in its fleet?
  • how many pilots are employed by the Cyprus Airways?
  • how many pilots are usually in one crew?
  • how many crews on average an airline has per aircraft?
  • how does the number of crews per aircraft varies based on the route structure?