Originally Posted by
Navpi
Do you locals think it's a power battle and maybe the Chairman or another boird member is running the show.
it seems odd that having had such a high profile spokesperson in recent times that momentum for good or sometimes bad has been lost.
There has to be somebody running the show and making ultimate decisions.
For sure there is someone at the helm whilst the search for the right person continues; sometimes it appears to me as though (to enthusiasts / airport fans at least) the CEO has equivalent status to a premier league manager who can be hired and fired at will if they don't perform in the eyes of the supporters.
The board / owners might for all we know have concluded that the business can function without the extra expense of a figurehead on a 6 or seven figure salary; it could be that the current caretaker is being groomed to take up the CEO position, or that someone else in the management team will take on the permanent mantle without using the title CEO - which is a term that has only come into use comparatively recently - probably from the American language!
For now the business is still making good profits for the owners, even though headline passenger numbers have taken a hit following the collapse of Monarch. Having a CEO would have made no difference to that, not the debacle that has been Primera this summer.