Clarification (maybe?)
Ausflyer,
Yeah - considering they are only a potential start up, they seem to have a pretty convoluted organisation!
CN IS the "CP - designate". The other fellow - VS is the current CP but is the "VPO Designate". There is at the moment another player - FH (ex KA retiree) who is there currently to act as an advisor during the start up, as Head of Operations but leaves at the end of October. Then the final organisation will be VS - VPO; CN - CP.
LCC are supposed to have flat organisations and easy access to the decision makers! Apparently they have also appointed a COO and a CCO reporting to the CEO (all ex KA). At least they will have a big legacy airline organisation if nothing else! I am sure that Kelleher, Fernandez and O'Leary must be trembling with fear to discover they were wrong all these years!
However, from the practical point of view it should still be a reasonably secure job for pilots if the shareholders sort the politics out.
Hailer