I had heard he wasn't long to retirement - whether thats in entirety or just from NATS I don't know.
Either way, just as in his last employ, you can bet that once his hatchet job is complete, he will drive off into the sunset (and probably get a bung towards his pension fund, like he did when he moved to NATS, to boot).
Although he harps on about the fact that he has a NATS pension, he has recently had a whopping well above RPI pay rise (fully pensionable, of course) and will leave before his fund is damaged in any way.
Zooker - it will be nice to see him wear a tie for a change. Call me old fashioned but I am not at ease with the trend of very senior managers thinking it is OK to go about just in suit trousers and open necked shirt.
It's all part of the bolleaux he is trying to pull on us, along with his blogs, to try to endear himself to us, to make us think he is one of the people.
It aint working!! Wear a tie, and as for the blogs, do I give a !!!! about knowing what you got up to at the weekend??? NO!!
Our unit managers and their underlings manage to wear ties and look a hell of a lot smarter for it.
Rant over... I feel better for that