Wasn't Toomey widely hated back in the day?
He was the face of the Ansett debacle - but he got sold a **** sandwich when he took that job - talk about wrong place wrong time, he did try and lead from the front to get it out of the hole though - when did you last see scrotum face or the leprechaun fronting a TV ad for the airline.
But he was at one stage good enough to be CFO of Qantas, and it was between him and scrotum face for the top job - don't forget John Borghetti missed out on the top gig at Qantas - so it's not exactly a death knell.
He hasn't done a lot in aviation for a few years though - a stint at Airlines PNG the Jet in India - he either likes a challenge or really has bad luck picking companies to work for.