Easyjet CEO announces resignation
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To those that would slag RDW, just remember despite his faults, easyJet is where it is today by in large as a result of his stewardship, and there isn't anyone else in the Company who has worked any harder to get it there, so credit where credit is due. His retirement shouldn't be a surprise to anyone, he's done his bit.
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surely anybody has got to be better than that man!! Have spoken to a few people about this and they are all quite excited about the prospect of him leaving. Whoever it is cant have any less respect for pilots and cabin crew!!!
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Barbara
As a testamony to Rayīs īwonderfull job,ī after only + - 20 months in easyJet Iīm already looking for a new job, however I heard many good stories from STN flight + cabin crew about Barbara Cassani.
Letīs hope she will accept this challenge and turn easyJet into a truely fun company that makes heaps of money for all employees!
GO BARBARA!!
Letīs hope she will accept this challenge and turn easyJet into a truely fun company that makes heaps of money for all employees!
GO BARBARA!!
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Me too!
Iīve had one benign post deleted and one edited.
Reading between the lines, it seems that someone (a mod?)doesnīt like a reference to a well used St****s type nickname. Meant in the nicest possible and really loving way of course.
Iīve had one benign post deleted and one edited.
Reading between the lines, it seems that someone (a mod?)doesnīt like a reference to a well used St****s type nickname. Meant in the nicest possible and really loving way of course.
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For God sake Ray are you sure...
you know if you leave you won't be able to rejoin-and if you don't work for easy who else is there?
Remember no matter how many disciples one has; Judus always writes the reference letters.
you know if you leave you won't be able to rejoin-and if you don't work for easy who else is there?
Remember no matter how many disciples one has; Judus always writes the reference letters.
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"To those that would slag RDW, just remember despite his faults, easyJet is where it is today by in large as a result of his stewardship, and there isn't anyone else in the Company who has worked any harder to get it there, so credit where credit is due. His retirement shouldn't be a surprise to anyone, he's done his bit."
I suspect this is intended as a compliment. However, there are those on the other side of the fence who would totally agree, but from a negative point of view. EJ is indeed where it is today because of RW. It could have been so much better. Under his stewardship moral was the worst I've heard about and there were several significant senior operations management resignations. That is a strange happening if the advertisement propoganda was all true, and ej was indeed the place to be. Many worthy and highly talented personnel decided enough was enough and went to work their trade in a more adult enviroment.
I suspect this is intended as a compliment. However, there are those on the other side of the fence who would totally agree, but from a negative point of view. EJ is indeed where it is today because of RW. It could have been so much better. Under his stewardship moral was the worst I've heard about and there were several significant senior operations management resignations. That is a strange happening if the advertisement propoganda was all true, and ej was indeed the place to be. Many worthy and highly talented personnel decided enough was enough and went to work their trade in a more adult enviroment.
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I hope this doesn't become a bring BC back thread( modified as my previous reply has been deleted-so much for free speech).
As a company we need to look forward not back. One of the first things to be looked at is morale. Hundreds of cabin crew leaving and definitely more than the 10% loss of pilot workforce deemed acceptable per year by management. 500hrs A319,tada!
Morale starts from the top and for all the +'s RW may have brought to the table,morale's not one of them.
As a company we need to look forward not back. One of the first things to be looked at is morale. Hundreds of cabin crew leaving and definitely more than the 10% loss of pilot workforce deemed acceptable per year by management. 500hrs A319,tada!
Morale starts from the top and for all the +'s RW may have brought to the table,morale's not one of them.
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Hi everyone,
Just a little question from an outsider, don't want to divert the thread...
I'm about to start on the CTC Wings scheme and hopefully join easyJet at the end of it. With the departure of RW, it seems from these posts that this was a good thing for the company.. why so?
Thank you
M330
Just a little question from an outsider, don't want to divert the thread...
I'm about to start on the CTC Wings scheme and hopefully join easyJet at the end of it. With the departure of RW, it seems from these posts that this was a good thing for the company.. why so?
Thank you
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Why on earth would Barbara want to come back and pick up the mess RW has left ?.
She did an excellent job at GO starting from a blank sheet of paper and doing it her way. She should have been given the reigns at the time of the merger...she sure as hell wont come in now and really do you blame her.
Good luck to whoever gets it, it can only be better for the crews.
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what mess are we talking about?
ezy is changing shape and restructuring constantly plus having to make capacity for another 100 aircraft arriving.
granted some issues could have been easily resolved with some more goodwill from higher up (fact) but at the moment we are not going too bad at all.
rather have ezy than fr (nothing personal chaps, this is upper management comparison)
ezy is changing shape and restructuring constantly plus having to make capacity for another 100 aircraft arriving.
granted some issues could have been easily resolved with some more goodwill from higher up (fact) but at the moment we are not going too bad at all.
rather have ezy than fr (nothing personal chaps, this is upper management comparison)
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Over the last 10 years it is fair to say that eJ has been a very successful company. Whether morale has been good, bad or indifferent, the facts do speak for themselves...RW did start with Stelios and a blank sheet of paper, now its 100ac, 100m (total since start) pax, a number of European bases, profitable and cash rich.
I think people look back at the "Go-fly years" through rose coloured specs. BC did have a blank piece of paper but had the backing of one of the world's most successful carriers - BA.
Many mistakes were made along the way and the whole thing wasn't all plain sailing...remember DUB-EDI?
What Cassani and Co did was make a shed load of money from the transaction and good luck to them. However, I was never impressed by the "wake up and smell the coffee" routine which seemed to be the Go mantra at the time.
What eJ and FR have done is demonstrate that you can start small and with a vision and dedicated (and sometimes ruthless) management make some money in this industry where many have failed.
A lot in business is about being in the right place at the right time, looks like Ray's time has come and I for one (although I don't fly for him) would wish him well in retirement.
As someone said in an earlier post look forward not back, if BC is to be the new boss and tries to re-create GO-easy, then this time the dynamics and the market could deliver a market failure. 5 years ago the majors were still stunned from the low cost phenomenon and then 911 in 2001, now they are fighting back. Who would have thought that BA or BMI would be offering Ģ29 one-way fares ex-LHR then.
I'm afraid it's all about the cost base and that's is something that eJ can't afford to allow to grow as the industry yields have continued to soften.
Good luck to whoever gets the job ...it's going to be tough.
AA
I think people look back at the "Go-fly years" through rose coloured specs. BC did have a blank piece of paper but had the backing of one of the world's most successful carriers - BA.
Many mistakes were made along the way and the whole thing wasn't all plain sailing...remember DUB-EDI?
What Cassani and Co did was make a shed load of money from the transaction and good luck to them. However, I was never impressed by the "wake up and smell the coffee" routine which seemed to be the Go mantra at the time.
What eJ and FR have done is demonstrate that you can start small and with a vision and dedicated (and sometimes ruthless) management make some money in this industry where many have failed.
A lot in business is about being in the right place at the right time, looks like Ray's time has come and I for one (although I don't fly for him) would wish him well in retirement.
As someone said in an earlier post look forward not back, if BC is to be the new boss and tries to re-create GO-easy, then this time the dynamics and the market could deliver a market failure. 5 years ago the majors were still stunned from the low cost phenomenon and then 911 in 2001, now they are fighting back. Who would have thought that BA or BMI would be offering Ģ29 one-way fares ex-LHR then.
I'm afraid it's all about the cost base and that's is something that eJ can't afford to allow to grow as the industry yields have continued to soften.
Good luck to whoever gets the job ...it's going to be tough.
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Very good post AA.
I agree with most of what you said, but I think you underestimate the importance of morale, especially for an airline that likes to model itself to Southwest Airlines.
RW is maybe a very good accountant (like MOL) but he also lacks human/CRM skills.
We all know from our training that when the going gets tough, CRM a very important factor in solving problems and weathering the storm.
The way I see things, EZY has had a relatively easy ride so far with mild competition as EZY was a pioneer in Europeīs low cost arena, but times have changed, competition has caught up and morale is very low in a lot of bases.
When most of the fat is cut itīs morale that keeps a group/company/team together and what you will see is that lotīs of flight/cabin crew (incl. me) are bailing out, looking for greener grass.
What EZY needs is someone with a real vision and communicative skills to lead the way, not some crunching number Kiwi accountant, treating everyone like sh!t... Thatīs why I believe BC would be a great boost for EZY if she would decide to join.
Itīs a big mistake to automatically think that any improvement in T & Cīs will automatically increase costs and hurt profitability. If you donīt believe me, look at Southwest Airlines in the USA, theyīve been very profitable for almost 25 years by putting the employee and not the shareholders first!
Stelios has the vision and Ray has the accountant skills. What EZY now needs at the top level is someone who sees the big picture and holds it all together!
I agree with most of what you said, but I think you underestimate the importance of morale, especially for an airline that likes to model itself to Southwest Airlines.
RW is maybe a very good accountant (like MOL) but he also lacks human/CRM skills.
We all know from our training that when the going gets tough, CRM a very important factor in solving problems and weathering the storm.
The way I see things, EZY has had a relatively easy ride so far with mild competition as EZY was a pioneer in Europeīs low cost arena, but times have changed, competition has caught up and morale is very low in a lot of bases.
When most of the fat is cut itīs morale that keeps a group/company/team together and what you will see is that lotīs of flight/cabin crew (incl. me) are bailing out, looking for greener grass.
What EZY needs is someone with a real vision and communicative skills to lead the way, not some crunching number Kiwi accountant, treating everyone like sh!t... Thatīs why I believe BC would be a great boost for EZY if she would decide to join.
Itīs a big mistake to automatically think that any improvement in T & Cīs will automatically increase costs and hurt profitability. If you donīt believe me, look at Southwest Airlines in the USA, theyīve been very profitable for almost 25 years by putting the employee and not the shareholders first!
Stelios has the vision and Ray has the accountant skills. What EZY now needs at the top level is someone who sees the big picture and holds it all together!
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Stelios is back on the board, Webster is on the way out - perhaps now is the time to get the "heart" back into easyJet.
Many old-timers will tell you that it was the fun style of easyJet that made it a good place to work, but under Web's po-faced, mean-spirited leadership it has become another faceless corporate bureaucracy run for the benefit of the board and shareholders but few others (including passengers).
I sincerely hope the good times will roll back into easyJet - and I wonder if it is too much to hope for a proper staff travel system and respectable uniforms for the cabin crew at last??
Many old-timers will tell you that it was the fun style of easyJet that made it a good place to work, but under Web's po-faced, mean-spirited leadership it has become another faceless corporate bureaucracy run for the benefit of the board and shareholders but few others (including passengers).
I sincerely hope the good times will roll back into easyJet - and I wonder if it is too much to hope for a proper staff travel system and respectable uniforms for the cabin crew at last??
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Ray Webster was running the company in the good old days when it was a fun place to work and morale was high. The thing that changed was the market positioning of the company.
It long ago ceased to be the new snotty nosed kid on the block. And although its outward image is still cheap and tacky, the company has an infrastructure and operational integrity which would embarrass most airlines. Unfortunately, and this is the root of many of the problems in the company, there are too many inexperienced people in key positions; people who are unable to operate at the level that the company has found itself, or who have been unable to develop at the same rate as the company.
However, given the rate of expansion, the number of new entrants each month over the last 10 years, the frequent - and successfull - additions to the network, the base expansions, the rapid conversion of various bases to a completely different aircraft type with minimal commercial disruption, and the sustained delivery rate of new aircraft over these last ten years, the company has still managed to maintain the highest of training and operational standards. It also continues to rake in money, is one of the most secure airlines in the World, and there are few dark clouds forecast to spoil the parade. This is an extremely commendable achievement. Now, if you feel this would have happened under someone else's leadership, then you are entitled to believe so. But it didn't happen under someone else, it happened under RW.
I would be interested to hear a sound argument from anyone detailing how they feel the company would have been even more successful under someone else; his successor would do well to hear it too.
I refer you back to my opening premis: RW has run the company from the beginning. The early days - glory days for some - represented the spirit of a hughly different company, a company that may never have survived the fight back had it tried to cling to, and rely on, the fresh face charm of its youth.
FQ
It long ago ceased to be the new snotty nosed kid on the block. And although its outward image is still cheap and tacky, the company has an infrastructure and operational integrity which would embarrass most airlines. Unfortunately, and this is the root of many of the problems in the company, there are too many inexperienced people in key positions; people who are unable to operate at the level that the company has found itself, or who have been unable to develop at the same rate as the company.
However, given the rate of expansion, the number of new entrants each month over the last 10 years, the frequent - and successfull - additions to the network, the base expansions, the rapid conversion of various bases to a completely different aircraft type with minimal commercial disruption, and the sustained delivery rate of new aircraft over these last ten years, the company has still managed to maintain the highest of training and operational standards. It also continues to rake in money, is one of the most secure airlines in the World, and there are few dark clouds forecast to spoil the parade. This is an extremely commendable achievement. Now, if you feel this would have happened under someone else's leadership, then you are entitled to believe so. But it didn't happen under someone else, it happened under RW.
I would be interested to hear a sound argument from anyone detailing how they feel the company would have been even more successful under someone else; his successor would do well to hear it too.
I refer you back to my opening premis: RW has run the company from the beginning. The early days - glory days for some - represented the spirit of a hughly different company, a company that may never have survived the fight back had it tried to cling to, and rely on, the fresh face charm of its youth.
FQ