No doubting Hansen's ability to tell a good tale.

the brothers Grimm dont hold a candle to this mans creative story telling.

in the meantime.......headless chickens rule the roost here at the company formerly known as LEA as the business tries to reverse back to a de centralised status quo in order to attempt to regain the trust of customers , owners and staff.

that much is true .......the key word being "had"!!!!!

clearly millions and millions have been squandered with no evidence of any return apart from the pursuit of some grandiose dream from a man who admits he knew nothing about the industry....Lesson number one being that it is a service industry built on attentive and competent personal and individual relationships.....not mega corporation style branding and centralisation.

The good people all left and those of ability who replaced them ( who bought into Hansens rhetoric) are also going or have already gone. Ask anyone what they particularly did not like and , on a local level, one man's name comes up every time......
its a measure of how out of control the whole enterprise is that this man is still able to work his extraordinary personal agenda with seeming impunity...and with such devastating consequences to the company's ability to attract and retain good pilots cc and ops staff.

Not sure what you guys and girls are concerned about - according to EBACE and the PR machine; all is rosy in Luxaviation Land

Well if rumour control has it right.........the news is that the penny has finaly dropped with Lux that all is not well with their local management. We have all looked on in disbelief as one person after another has thrown in the towel and walked....all with one man's name on their lips.
seems the face saving solution offered to become a line pilot on a non UK based aircraft doesnt fool anyone as to the true reasons for this.
if this is true ...there are scores of ex LEA drivers who will feel justice has finaly been done by such a humiliating demotion.
A P45 would seem to be a more appropriate and permanent solution to satisfy the many grievances concerning this gentleman.

If this is referring to who I think you are Ghengis then I would agree that a P45 is the only solution. This man single handedly ran an autocratic fiefdom that was characterised by extreme selfishness ( bagged all the best trips for himself), lack of technical understanding ( remember the discussions we had about performance and wet runways.... oh yes and under-fuelling in hot temperatures!!!!) and the application of a weird regime of political correctness.
despite all this and many complaints Lux left him to get on with it...as we all formed an orderly queue and left.

One of the strange things about this industry is the way it sometimes nurtures and protects characters who end up in jobs and management way beyond their ability. (The two types often sustain each other) Promotion can be fast and unmerited ..but the fall into ignominy and obscurity can be cruel and even faster.
as the old saying goes ...."Best to treat colleagues well on the way up... because you never know who you might meet again on your way down."
there will be few tears shed if the reported predicament of a certain manager are correct.

https://t.co/DVpVN92fLK?amp=1
This is the link to Hansens letter. Seems a rather unconvincing pre emptive strike to attempt to stop tongues wagging and rumours flying concerning the real reasons for not attending.....which are??

i well recall the extraordinary introductory speech ( if you can call it that!) when a a senior manager from LEA ( as was) addressed the bemused staff of Execujet in Cambridge shortly after purchase of that company.

the "luxaviation way" and its priorities was described in a few bullet points.

to the utter astonishment of all present, safety was about three or four down the list of priorities. Customer Service and achieving customer expectations were of greater importance.

the need to focus attention and spend resources on safety now has a hollow ring to it.