Will Jayne Hrdlicka be the new CEO of a reborn Virgin Australia?
As said above, she left A2 in pretty ordinary circumstances. The Board essentially sacked her - and they came out in the media and all but said that. I thought it odd at the time because in those circles you never get sacked, you always resign for family / health / personal issues.
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....like some of the current VA execs?
As said above, she left A2 in pretty ordinary circumstances. The Board essentially sacked her - and they came out in the media and all but said that. I thought it odd at the time because in those circles you never get sacked, you always resign for family / health / personal issues.
As said above, she left A2 in pretty ordinary circumstances. The Board essentially sacked her - and they came out in the media and all but said that. I thought it odd at the time because in those circles you never get sacked, you always resign for family / health / personal issues.
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Annnd she knows a great female chief pilot.......
Interesting that when one left, the cord between the 2 was severed and the second half of the show left very soon after.
Is Miss Jayne the only one around with a work ethic problem? In January I was at the airport having a coffee with a buddy. He had just been made redundant from his team leader position at VA – booted out. Obviously very upset. As we shared a brew, over in an adjacent coffee shop were two VA “managers”, suitably attired in their work issued suits. As they sat slurping their brews various VA staff joined them, came and went. After 75 minutes they got up and walked away.
My buddy said “see those two, they are the two who have kept their jobs in the round of redundancies – the jobs I was bidding for. And look at em, 75 minutes on their arses in a coffee shop. And these are the goats VA says are the ones for us.” Says you I said, you’ve been here with me all that time. “Yeah he said, but mate Ive got two weeks to unemployment, two weeks to how do I feed my kids, largely due to “management” incompetence. What do I owe this mob?”
But yes, the management team selected earn their pay in a coffee shop. Too many in Australia have a sh!t work ethic.
My buddy said “see those two, they are the two who have kept their jobs in the round of redundancies – the jobs I was bidding for. And look at em, 75 minutes on their arses in a coffee shop. And these are the goats VA says are the ones for us.” Says you I said, you’ve been here with me all that time. “Yeah he said, but mate Ive got two weeks to unemployment, two weeks to how do I feed my kids, largely due to “management” incompetence. What do I owe this mob?”
But yes, the management team selected earn their pay in a coffee shop. Too many in Australia have a sh!t work ethic.
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If a private equity firm gets hold of the entrails, stand by for more sackings - hopefully including the 75 minute coffee shop experts. These people won't last 5 minutes in a perform or go environment.
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Seriously, there's more to running an airline than the cockpit. Different parts of the head office need to meet with and work with each other. That kind of work looks different to working above or below the wing. You see the same thing in any business or professional setting.
And where does basket weaving fit in SA?
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Having a bit of respect for, and understanding of, indigenous culture?
Also, if you want to cherrypick something that takes up maybe an hour of time, usually over lunch, out of a work year and use that to stereotype what a workplace is like - take care. It'd be pretty easy to come up with some shocking stereotypes of our work culture too, if we take that approach.
Also, if you want to cherrypick something that takes up maybe an hour of time, usually over lunch, out of a work year and use that to stereotype what a workplace is like - take care. It'd be pretty easy to come up with some shocking stereotypes of our work culture too, if we take that approach.
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The horror! People working as a team, to take coordinated action! Anyone responsible for hard product replacement who sits down to talk to someone responsible for planning deep maintenance or fleet planning, or god help us, finance, should be shot!
Seriously, there's more to running an airline than the cockpit. Different parts of the head office need to meet with and work with each other. That kind of work looks different to working above or below the wing. You see the same thing in any business or professional setting.
Seriously, there's more to running an airline than the cockpit. Different parts of the head office need to meet with and work with each other. That kind of work looks different to working above or below the wing. You see the same thing in any business or professional setting.
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Probably better to ask them yourself.
My best guess - because some of those functions need to continue, even while the airline is grounded (maintenance, pay, managing leases etc), some will be dealing with major changes to the business because of the pandemic (renegotiating contacts and loans, wargaming and setting up plans for different pandemic durations, working with regulators on things like currency and slot retention), and some of them will be working to ensure that we're positioning ourselves for the best restart possible (what to do with Sunrise, bringing forward maintenance and refurbs, figuring out which routes are likely to start up first and making sure we have everything in place for them).
I have no idea whether we have too many or too few staff stood up at the moment. But, at face value, there's still plenty of work to be done even if we're all grounded.
There's more to running an airline than us.
My best guess - because some of those functions need to continue, even while the airline is grounded (maintenance, pay, managing leases etc), some will be dealing with major changes to the business because of the pandemic (renegotiating contacts and loans, wargaming and setting up plans for different pandemic durations, working with regulators on things like currency and slot retention), and some of them will be working to ensure that we're positioning ourselves for the best restart possible (what to do with Sunrise, bringing forward maintenance and refurbs, figuring out which routes are likely to start up first and making sure we have everything in place for them).
I have no idea whether we have too many or too few staff stood up at the moment. But, at face value, there's still plenty of work to be done even if we're all grounded.
There's more to running an airline than us.
Secret Angel sounds like he was one of the coffee shop malingerers to me. You sure as **** were not doing business that day in the coffee shop, would have at least expected to see a notepad and pen mate
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As said above, she left A2 in pretty ordinary circumstances. The Board essentially sacked her - and they came out in the media and all but said that. I thought it odd at the time because in those circles you never get sacked, you always resign for family / health / personal issues.[/QUOTE]
So- the board that EMPLOYED said lady were fairly quick in SACKING said lady?
Doesn't say much for their due diligence before signing her on the dotted line.
Alternatively a board/committee who can wear they made a mistake and correct it.
Couldn't be that though - such a concept only apparently exists in business mythology!
So- the board that EMPLOYED said lady were fairly quick in SACKING said lady?
Doesn't say much for their due diligence before signing her on the dotted line.
Alternatively a board/committee who can wear they made a mistake and correct it.
Couldn't be that though - such a concept only apparently exists in business mythology!
