O’Leary confessed to me those were “Wheeze” statements, (note to readers, wheeze is a British expression for a "clever or amusing scheme or trick uttered to generate publicity" according to audioenglish.org) And while O’Leary may never have considered any of those ideas literally, at a news conference with Boeing held in New York this morning, the former accountant turned airline boss made it clear; all he’s really wanted for Christmas was to get more passengers on his airplanes so he can make more money