I posed the question on Airliners Net
"How good is Bill Franke ex American West"
a bit of a surprise with the 2 replies from
Americans so far before they have even woken
up in the states yet:
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Topic: RE: How Good Is Bill Franke Ex American West?
Username: Baxter
Posted 2001-12-17 09:27:36 and read 15 times.
He built AmWest from bankruptcy into a major and then collapsed them back to near bankruptcy.
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Topic: RE: How Good Is Bill Franke Ex American West?
Username: Jmc1975
Posted 2001-12-17 09:43:39 and read 8 times.
Wirraway,
First off, I'd like to clarify that it's America West, and not American West. About Bill Franke....I'm sorry to say but the man is nothing more than a greedy money-grubber. He has absolutely no concept of how to run an airline, nor is he interested in how an airline works. All decisions he makes are based solely on what he can put in his back pocket. The bottomline and nothing else, not morale, not performance are what's important to him. He also has no people skills whatsoever....prior to leaving America West, he had recieved numerous death threats from disgruntled and fired employees and he has become one of the most hated men in Arizona because of adversely affecting the lives of many. Maybe he can turn a company around, but Ansett deserves far better than to be sucked dry by him.
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it will be interesting to see some more
opinions in the next few hours, I had zilch
knowlege on who Bill Franke is and is the
reason I asked the question.
http://airliners.net/discussions/gen...d.main/677698/
Wirraway