Genuine question.

Does she really have the experience, operational or otherwise, to run a company like Qantas. With or without a good Lieutenant or two ?

No! She would likely have to prove herself first as CEO J*/Int/Dom.

Would not surprise me one bit to see piggy get a board seat though.

Depends what you mean... A company like Qantas, Yes. A respected international airline...No.

You guys should be ashamed of yourselves.

The derogatory sexist comments towards this persons professionalism simply highlight how stuck in the fifties airline pilots really are.

Dislike her work ethic, her reults or her resume if you want to, fine. But attacking her because . . . .

She is female or
She is being propped up by a male or
She got her job because she is female or
She only survives by surrounding herself with females

. . . . as comments here indicate directly or indirectly, make you look like tools.

And why use childish ozmate nicknames for her but not for AJ?

She has acheived a lot more in her profession than we have by simply by waiting for seniority to pull us up the hill into the next level of button pushing and newspaper reading.

Embarassing the lot of you!

Actually - external searches are often done for Chairman.
In Orstraylia Heidrick and Struggles and Egon Zehnder are regulars in that lucrative little gig.
A current Chair worth their salt will have a good idea of which director they mightpromote to sit at the head of the Boardroom table, but they'll also look outside the organisation as well with the assistance of a search firm.
It's quite a structured process.
Again - OW would have to prove she could run a P&L.
Marketing, Corp Affairs are overhead roles - you don't make any coin for the business.
The Board wants to see a proven track record that you can operationally run a large business, successfully drive change and make an acceptable profit. Put simply, you need to be a statesperson par excellence and know how to get large groups of people to do what you want.
She doesn't have that experience, and would need to spend a few years successfully running Jetstar or a part of the mainline business for example before she could put up her hand.
That's why the AFR have called her an emerging leader.
Cos she ain't there yet.

i thought hrdlicka was next batter up?

Yes - without a detailed knowledge of the QF exec team, I would have thought Jane H. would have the necessary experience to at least be considered as an internal candidate.

Are we talking about the same person? This a member of the the team that spends its days belittling those same pilots in the corridors of Parliament house.

She is a communications PR specialist. How did all those leaks to the media painting about the pilots in a poor light occur? These would be likely be sanctioned at the top level of Group Communications. Tipping the dirt & muckraking against your opponents is a specialty of this field.

Olivia Wirth even admitted shopping a dirt file around in Canberra:

Olivia Wirth is Qantas's high flyer

So please, enough with the crocodile tears for Wirth. She's a big girl playing a tough game.

Frank Burden:

I once thought that way too.... Then I saw how Board and senior executive appointments were made. Professionalism no longer has anything to do with it. It's a beauty contest.

Tartare:

In a properly run business you are correct, but this is Qantas.

AnQrKa:

Sorry, too many female managers get a leg up by playing the discrimination game. Some Female managers are just bloody awful.

It won't happen Sunfish.
Betcha.

Credibility
 

QF32 engine cowling on the ground south of Singapore: " There is no evidence that those parts came from a QANTAS aircraft."




A380 with water flowing down the aisles: " There was no safety concerns with water leaking onto passengers last night".


or words to that effect.


Can I get a job like this? Please. I'll do anything to get it. ;)

I seriously doubt that when AJ goes anyone very closely associated with him will get the CEO job. The airline needs to be rebuilt and the internal talent is just not there, be it OW, JH, LS or anyone else.


Sadly it all depends on the major shareholders and given they are mainly financial organisations and venture capitalists, it is probable they do not want to see a rebuilt Qantas.

Tiger,

That QF32 quote when it happened was a classic as at the same time they were showing someone picking up the pieces !

Was she graduated from the same PR school as "Baghdad Bob" ? :)

I would suggest her connections in the Liberal Party got her where she is today.