Originally Posted by
lederhosen
Despite the juxtaposition of former and latter Lord Bracken I get your drift. However both men have been in charge of their respective successful airlines for around a quarter of a century. Both polarize opinion particularly amongst their work forces and both enjoy a provocative sound bite. If you were asked which of them was most likely to have said in July 2017, in a speech at a dinner in Ireland, that US airlines were "crap" and their passengers were "always being served by grandmothers“ you would probably agree it could have been either. Friends at Airbus tell me dealing with Qatar has always been très compliqué, with endless delays handing over new jets arguing for example about toilet seats. I think Al-Baker believes this difficult client behavior gets results. It will be interesting to see if that continues to be the case.
"Très compliqué" is an understatement ... and if it was only about toilet seats
Dealing with QTR is
