Originally Posted by
Skipness One Echo
Generally speaking, the crew landing the aircraft were on board at wheels up, this is not the case here IMHO. Saying "this airline failed because of me" equates to "I am useless do not employ me." Management of any business is a team effort and with Monarch, there are more than a few people who made decisions which in hindsight got us here. Many are long since gone. That does not mean that Mr Swaffield should take the blame for administration. If any of us think we could have done this differently, time to take the GMAT and get that MBA to show the world.
It is a fair observation that Monarch was a different scale to Ryanair and EasyJet but what I suggest is that you read the annual reports for Monarch Airlines Ltd. and Jet2.com Ltd. back to back and then tell me that nothing could have been done differently/better.