R Eddington to leave BA
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MUST be right! Its in the Sunday Times
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Skippy is/was the biggest disappointment the City ever saw at BA's helm. The man arrived with a fan fare but has done nothing but maintain the status-quo and await his departure bonus. Better the divil you know is my view - at least we're safe knowing that he's not going to pull any surprises on us...... It's also good to recall how well he looked after the departing Flight Engineers, quietly reinventing the old severance deal to keep everyone sweet.
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Well, it look slike I'm in the minority here. I think RE has done a pretty good job considering what he's had to deal with. Outside of Aeroflot, BA must have some of the most belligerent and most protected staff groups in the world. On top of that, he has had to deal with layers of unnecessary and inept management that other airlines seem to do without. The fact that BA is still around after 9/11, without government support/cash/backhanders a la Americans/French/Italians/everyone else speaks volumes IMHO.
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The fact that BA is still around after 9/11, without government support/cash/backhanders a la Americans/French/Italians/everyone else speaks volumes IMHO.
Or are you arguing that they are of no advantage whatsoever?
I'd argue that they're the advantage.
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Out with the old and in with the new. Speculation on the next man (or woman) to step up to the big boss job.
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Wasn't Tony Tyler the guy who took on the Cathay pilots and fired fifty odd of them?
And got away with it.
And increased the amount of downgraded pay scales?
Should we be worried?
And got away with it.
And increased the amount of downgraded pay scales?
Should we be worried?
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BA employees can probably make a mor einformed opinion on Eddington's time at BA. From the little I have read etc. I think that in the last 3-4yrs he has done quite well when one considers BA's financial statues BEFORE 9/11.
Skippy is/was the biggest disappointment the City ever saw at BA's helm
Please get real. The guy isn't employed as a social worker, he's got the job of running a profitable airline in a difficult and competitive environment. And from a business point of view he's done a pretty good job of it.
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Well Austin Reid from BMI is free!
Even with a shedload of Heathrow slots, he'd find ways to $%^& things up.
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As pressman says a paddy running BA! Truth is WW is a one trick pony and that is chopping costs...hasnt an once of keeping morale amongst the troops. Has left a bitter taste in in his previous place of employment. Maybe BA needs the one trick kid but running AL as against BA is different planets as AL in comparision is just a small flying club.
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Rumour/Eddington
Rumour has it that Rod Eddington CEO of BA will be leaving the airline sometime in the summer.Eddington is to return to Australia to concentrate on his 3 non executive directorships.
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BBC website:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4323373.stm
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Rod Eddington is the best thing that has happened to BA in a generation. If he has any sense his parting gesture will be to sack all the check-in staff at Heathrow. Hopefully he can do it prior to this year's inevitable round of lightning strikes that have destroyed BA's reputation in the last couple of years. I truly hope BA succeed but there are some serious losers in there who need weeded out in very short order before they take the rest of the ship down with them.