Des was a very clever operator. When he departed things started going wrong straight away. Staff relationships fell apart. Many key staff were sacked (some deservedly), left, resigned or stood down from their roles in departments.
Des would never have allowed Bmed to get into the positon it's in today. He was a very cautious businessman with a careful attitude to risk and had the ability to always foresee problems before they eventuated. He was very well connected in the unique route network of Bmed and personally, I think that if he were sitting at his desk today, it would have been a different story. It's just my own opinon though.
