Tigerair chief Merren McArthur warns on aviation industry’s lack of diversity
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Its not the first time a union endorsed EA has been voted down. The first version of the recent Cobham EA was overwhelmingly supported to the verge of being forceabley promoted by the unions. There were promises made to the company that the unions simply couldn’t back up and it was subsequently voted down. Pilots are not going to listen to a union who doesn’t represent their best interests. This is bad for the employees and bad for the company.
i’ve been told it wasn’t the base salary...any truth to that?
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Not a good outcome:-( What now?
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Seems to me Merren has got much bigger fish to fry than a push for gender equality. Start by sorting out the finances of the operation you run..then sort out the parent company’s finances (if she indeed is after that job) and then sort out the unhappy staff she has already got..only then she can worry about hiring more females if that’s a big concern for her! No use complaining about gender equality when you’re losing 650 mil per annum
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Whether its a complete lack of understanding of politics in Australia and NZ or an inability to influence decisions behind the scenes I don't know. When it comes to successful offshore partnerships they just don't have the runs on the board.
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Originally Posted by Mattyj
losing 650 mil per annum
Don’t you have a A320 rating to pass rather than worry about an airline that you didn’t get into..?!
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Many responses here are typical of the attitudes which have really p*ssed her off over the years of fighting her way through the male domination of her profession (particularly the specialty she chose) to be a successful and in-demand surgeon, and seeing aspiring competent women crushed under the weight of blokes who just seem to enjoy being d*cks. The beautiful irony is that those same blokes simply can’t understand why more of the girls aren’t applying and aspiring to be like them.
It’s been 20 years from the time she first decided to break into her desired profession to where she sits now and it has been a fascinating - gob smacking on occasions - insight for me into the psychological workings, petty jealousies, double standards, and personal insecurities of these male dominated professions which I’ve been a part of my whole career. It has made me pick up on a lot of things I might otherwise have missed in my own interactions. But of course as we see repeatedly, those who are not one of these women, or not closely related to one, wouldn’t actually know.
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Originally Posted by mattyj
Is this the same company that twice went to its institutional investors looking for more cash in the last 18 months?!
The business is generating positive free cash flow. It is paying down debt, and its debt-to-equity ratio is within tolerence. This is what matters.
