Ben has some anecdotes in his obituary for Strong.
At one press conference Strong was needled by a reporter pointing out that his former customers were queued up on the footpath from the old low cost carrier demountable terminal to the then Ansett terminal at Sydney Airport to which he retorted “what do you expect us to do, have them arrested”
However I wonder what the last line means.
Strong was an entertaining and insightful and at times uncomfortably rigorous observer of human and corporate behavior. There were moments when he confided very important guiding thoughts and revelations to trusted confidants.
His death does not release us from that trust, yet their force and influence continues.
James Strong was a captain of change in airlines | Plane Talking