Originally Posted by
Caribbean Boy
I happen to have met Willie Walsh on a number of occasions, and I've seen him give several presentations. I can't help feeling that it's most unlike him to keep so quiet. He's got Cruz taking all the flak, but let's remember that:
- It's Walsh who made the decision in January 2009 to demote Paul Coby from Director to Head of IT and make him report to the Chief Finance Officer.
- It's Walsh who has a non-IT man in charge of IT
- It's Walsh who still has no IT director reporting directly to him
Indeed, and when he was at EI, he did his best to shut down IT. He never liked it, never liked the power it had over the company. Unlike with pilots (who he also didn't like, despite being one), though, he didn't recognise the crucial part IT plays in the company. It was all "a website and a DB is all you need" - Mick O'Leary BS stuff, that I'm not sure Mick O really believes himself.