30,000 employees, annual turnover of billions of dollars, worldwide operations that run 24/7/365, capital infrastructure of billions of dollars that requires constant re-investment, profit margins that are less than 5 cents in the dollar even in a good year - tough business, and one that definitely requires management of the highest quality.
Dixon has been voted Australia's best CEO. To my mind, his greatest quality is that he can see the writing on the wall and is prepared to make a hard decision and take action before the red ink begins to flow.
Its very easy to knock but the comments on this forum indicate a lack of understanding of any commercial enterprise, let alone a major international airline.
To my mind, if anything, Dixon and his team are underpaid rather than overpaid.
What is a CEO worth? Maybe the many of you who'll disagree with me could provide a figure and then a justifiable basis on which you calculate it.
Standing by for the usual spray of invective and vitriol, not to mention quotation marks...