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It was a great idea at the time, but MyTravel Lite was scuppered by the fact the company was already on the slide towards bankruptcy, only just prevented by the bail-out. There were plans, but no money left to achieve them.
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I don't think he was talking about Frank. FP was happy running the cruise side before he was moved to the airline. It was the previous MD who's previous experience was in logistics.
He wasn't told to clear his desk because of the idea of a standalone airline. It was due to other factors he was let go.
He wasn't told to clear his desk because of the idea of a standalone airline. It was due to other factors he was let go.
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G-NIKO
Anyone know what G-NIKO went tech for. Saw it load at ACE then nothing. 2 hours later we loaded to GLA and it was still on the apron. Noticed on FLR it headed back to EMA today at 10:25
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Ha, yes a certain Mr TB, you are probably right insofar as they had any viable plans at all.Or were you referring to Mr DB of a certain Scandinavian sounding haulage contractor? For all my cynicism and having seen much muppetry over the years, the current mob do seem to have a very progressive plan for the group of TC airlines, it represents a significant departure from the usual tripe that we have been served up since Crossland left. Finger crossed eh?
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Thomas Cooks Harriet Green?
I cannot believe that no one has mentioned this already?
Was she pushed or was she shuved ?
A real shame as I thought she was doing a great job so far.
Unless of course I missed earlier posts that have now been moderated?
Public knowledge now anyway, all over todays press and BBC and SKY.
I shall wait and see if this "disappears" later
Was she pushed or was she shuved ?
A real shame as I thought she was doing a great job so far.
Unless of course I missed earlier posts that have now been moderated?
Public knowledge now anyway, all over todays press and BBC and SKY.
I shall wait and see if this "disappears" later
Ut Sementem Feeceris
The point is that the CEO of one of the worlds largest IT Operators, who has been lauded for rescuing it from the brink of bankruptcy, has very suddenly and unexpectedly left the company. Yesterday it was with immediate effect, today (via RNS) she will step down on 31st Dec. The whole announcement has been poorly managed - £400m/20% of the value of the company as a result.
The new CEO (former COO) has been at TC for 13 years - so was there the last time it nearly went bankrupt......the financial press is full of speculation. Of course the main question for us drivers is what effect, if any, will it have on us?
The new CEO (former COO) has been at TC for 13 years - so was there the last time it nearly went bankrupt......the financial press is full of speculation. Of course the main question for us drivers is what effect, if any, will it have on us?
And you're point is exactly what?
The post will disappear - probably to Airlines Airports & Routes, where it belongs.
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Where it belongs? A major UK operator acts in a way that asks some serious questions and makes it into any number of news feeds as well as TV news and it doesn't belong in Rumours and NEWS?
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Being a share holder, I have a vested interest.
I'm just very surprised that nobody has mentioned it until my post.
I sincerely hope that the new CEO doesn't adopt the "Manny" style of management that got TCX into trouble in the first place.
I'm just very surprised that nobody has mentioned it until my post.
I sincerely hope that the new CEO doesn't adopt the "Manny" style of management that got TCX into trouble in the first place.
It's a business story, not an aviation story. Harriet Green is not a pilot or an aviation professional, and there's no suggestion at all that her departure from Thomas Cook is aviation related. Furthermore, it looks like the OP was after a bit of a gossip rather than presenting anything in the way of rumours or news.
The story belongs in the city pages of the newspapers rather than the R&N section of PPRuNe.
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One of the reports I read stated that she is taking 6 months' 'gardening leave'. That is generally a euphemism for 'she woz pushed'. With some inside industry knowledge, I heard that although she was successful in some areas, her people management skills were somewhat deficient.
They would, of course.
Thomas Cook bosses have refuted suggestions that chief executive Harriet Green was pushed out following her unexpected departure from the travel giant today.
She will formally leave the company on June 30, after going on gardening leave from January 1.
The boss of a major airline group with over 70 aircraft leaving at such short notice is certainly big news, particularly given the troubles prior to her arrival and across the industry as a whole.
Speculation as to did she jump or was she pushed and why the news was communicated in a way that resulted in the share price dropping 20 percent are of keen interest to a lot of the professionals on this site.
The rapid management turnover at a lot of charter airlines (over 2 years and you are a veteran) suggests times are extremely hard. The well published difficulties of big players like Monarch and Air Berlin further underline this impression.
Speculation as to did she jump or was she pushed and why the news was communicated in a way that resulted in the share price dropping 20 percent are of keen interest to a lot of the professionals on this site.
The rapid management turnover at a lot of charter airlines (over 2 years and you are a veteran) suggests times are extremely hard. The well published difficulties of big players like Monarch and Air Berlin further underline this impression.
My tuppenceworth?
It says PP on the tin. The company employs several hundred professional pilots.
Ergo, it's important enough to appear, at least initially, on this page.
It says PP on the tin. The company employs several hundred professional pilots.
Ergo, it's important enough to appear, at least initially, on this page.
Clearly the sudden departure of someone so senior in the business is important, but no-one is (or should be) bigger than the business. Total recently lost its CEO in a plane crash, but apart from a knee-jerk reaction from the stock market, little has changed within the company.
