AIRWAYS INTERVIEW Alex Wilcox
Unlike airlines , we check all customer IDs again when they board the airplane . For the major airlines , you can get on any airplane you want for a domestic flight , and they never check your ID . You can use any boarding pass from anybody and board that flight . Everybody knows it , but nobody seems to care . Some of our competitors are talking about us , but they don ’ t even know who ’ s on their airplanes .
I think that , in many respects , when it comes to security , small is beautiful . We are small , and our airplanes are relatively small , with only 30 people on board at any time . We see everybody and , once you ’ re onboard , of course , we have the exact same hardened cockpit door that you find on the airlines ; so , even if you have some bad guys on board , there ’ s no way they can get into the cockpit .
We also have the capacities and capabilities that any airline has . In fact , we have better communications ; we have Starlink on every single airplane , so our crews can be in touch with either local authorities or with this batch with a simple text or phone call , instantaneously . I ’ m very comfortable with our screening and security process , and we obviously enhance and maintain it at every opportunity we have .
Electric jets . At the end of last year , you placed an important order for electric jets , over 330 units . Is there any plan to incorporate more Embraer jets , such as the E175 ? Probably not in our model . We ’ re limited to 30 seats ; so , although the E175 is a relatively smaller airframe , it is still much bigger than the E145 that we ’ re flying today . People have suggested
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