To be fair, Mr Walsh may have done many things, but he did make the airline a viable business, prepared it for privatisation. All that stoped when Mr Mannion arrived. the airline stagnated in terms of growth and long haul, his supposed area of expertise, has been a money loosing disaster with a sub-standard product, arguably to the wrong cities.
As bad as dear Willie may have been, Dermot brought the airline right back to the brink and undid most of Mr Walsh's good work.
Brian.