Airservices CEO resigns
 

Greg Russell resigned from AsA this afternoon....

So the Captain has allegedly abandoned ship whilst the new Admiral of the Fleet appointee Angus Houston is in the bowels of the engine room scratching his head wondering how all the icebergs have been missed so far...

What was the name of that Italian cruise ship captain who got off before all the pax???

Could I suggest this thread list Greg's achievements???

I've personally worked with Angus and he is a good man, always with the absolute best of intentions for fixing stuff. However he is still only human and he still has to work with what he's given.

Posted by a sufferer of the last 3 days of complete bull**** at MEL, SYD, and PER. No offence intended to any ATCOs, who are also stuck with the situation.

BTW, no it wasn't anything unusual. It was all "ops normal"! I am, however, wondering if there will come a day when I can land into wind, or not have to utter the words "we require........" followed by the response "expect .........holding".

I'll bet my left one that it has something to do with St Hilliers going into receivership. They had the AWB transformation project contract and were also working on the MEL CTR refurbishment. It has to be more that coincidence that both these events have occured within the last 48hrs

I reckon ole G RUSS figured out that the full implementation of his new corporate core values, which included the AWB transformation, wasn't going to happen and from what I hear his exit bonus was linked to this as a KPI.

Can't say I'll miss him....

2nd closest star,

You are brave....you seriously proposing the Skipper jumped over a failed officer's mess quarters refurb and not for sailing the ship into a field of icebergs with no life rafts...

Besides, I'm informed that all the bridge staff all became XOs recently....

ER_BN

Employee opinion survey results?? (which are soon to be distributed throughout the company?)

Watch the sycophants run for cover. The new catch phrase will be "I was the only one who disagreed with him.." etc. Also a lot of 'The Nuremberg defence'.

ER_BN.....Not the sole reason, but I reckon it was the straw that broke the camels back.

I don't think he even realises where he has sailed us......according to management there are no problems and we are charging onward and upward....just ask them. I don't think he is aware enough to realise the current situation, so seriously doubt that affected his decision to leave.

Just my opinion.

AC,

Very interesting...Rumour had it and confirmed by one news report re Senator X, that Greg was going to particularly cop it in the Senate Estimates in the weeks coming up...

So, who now will the AsA board and "Admiral Angus" choose to be the sacrificiial lamb for allowing the ship to be where it is....ie for all of Greg's "mistakes" for the last seven years...

XO ATC or XO Safety or both?

Apparently, It is all the talk in BN CTR!

changing pointy heads
 

well seeing as his job was advertised in the Australian a couple of weeks ago not really a surprising resignation.

It's no secret he was on his way out. But he wasn't supposed to go until late in the year, Oct I think.

What is very surprising/interesting is the timing.

It's also no secret that XO ATC wants the top job, interesting times ahead. I'd like to say things might change for the better. But if any current XO gets the top job, then I fear the culture will stay the same.

Things will only get worse - it always does. More restructures, deck chair shuffling, support staff, cost reductions. Same same but different. In a few years you will be looking back wishing TFN was still there.

Buzz lightyear made an interesting point. The raw numbers indicate a response rate within ATC of less than 50%....or so I've seen.

From the story in BN CTR this morning Greg was pushed out by the Board.

If true, Must have been serious enough for Greg not to wait until his term ended shortly....

If true, the Senate estimates must be very interesting next week and surely the Board must be just as responsible as they have facilitated Greg's every desire....

If true, the monster that the child created has now eaten the child...

Let's see who it eats next??

Before the Good Senator X forces a senate enquiry long overdue or the new chair Angus guts it from the top.....

Either way Big Tony will not be happy with only 500 days til election day!

Pavement - well said.
ER-BN - not sacrificial lambs - part of the problem. Doing nothing except sucking is complicity in my book.
Herald a new era and hopefully Angus will get it right.
But why did it take Senates so long - they knew what was gong on for years - useless pack of ................

Happy day.:D

you gotta know when to hold them
when to fold them
when to walk away
and when to run

Will be quite a few sychophants looking for a new host and direction.
Might be easier to steer your own moral course.

In memory of those of the Executive who have fallen on their swords
 

In memory of those of the Executive who have fallen on their swords, under the GR (TFN) CEO regime:

- Hisham El-Ansary
- Andrew Fleming
- Ken ('Kin') McLean
- Neil Calaghan
- Bryan Prendergast
- Keith Orkney
- Alan Barber
- Wayne Emery
- Caroline Fleming
- Richard Dudley
- Phil Baxter
- Peter Ward

:D

begs the question about his ability to hire 'the right people', considering he subsequently had to sack a score of them..

The ceremonial act of falling on the sword was an individual choice according to a medieval notion of honour.
Concernaviat, I think your list should be split to reflect those that left under their own steam, and those that were given euphimistic ' opportunity to pursue other interests'.
I believe Peter Ward was still navigating by his own moral compass when he made the decision to leave ASA, and for that he has my respect. As for the others?

Protect the Minister
 

Nobody walks away early from an $800k package without either being pushed or because the individual knows what is about to unfold. The litany of poor decision making at ASA and it's impact on services is horrendous.
If the Board pushed him it was only because the Minister is about to be made to look bad.

Maybe some of ASA's good luck will spread to CASA? If ever an organization was in need of an enema it is this mob.
Go for it Nick, cleanse til your hearts content!

GM departures
 

Gee, that's a lot of GMs to have left during Greg's rein. How many 3rd levels left (pushed) during that period?