Is being an airline CEO as hard as it seems ?
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Is being an airline CEO as hard as it seems ?
Met an airline CEO today on a flight on his airline, and had a VERY open and frank conversation about his company. Remarkably candid, with absolutely no holds barred, which *really* surprised me.
It made me think that the CEO job of a small (and struggling) airline is really rather difficult and undesirable. Is this a fair assessment ?
It made me think that the CEO job of a small (and struggling) airline is really rather difficult and undesirable. Is this a fair assessment ?
Awful lot of factors out of your control I think - and cut throat competition in most places
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Awful lot of factors out of your control I think
I think once it gets to the size of BA there are so many interlocked variables, in different countries, different subsids, different aircraft, that changing anything s likely to cause pain somewhere
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I agree with Asturias56. BA and the other major groups are so locked in to their established ways that major change is all but impossible. Imagine if BA CEO said it was time to completely overhaul their IT systems? The cost is just too high and too risky. This is one of the main reasons why large companies fail.
Last edited by PAXboy; 25th Jun 2023 at 19:25.
I sat next to a CEO of a rather large USA based airline at an Aviation dinner. Of all the things that wound him up, in his view the worst was "Unfair" competition.
I got the impression that he thought he could run a brilliant airline if all the competitors were made to go away.
A bit like being the boss of LHR??
I got the impression that he thought he could run a brilliant airline if all the competitors were made to go away.
A bit like being the boss of LHR??
This is the airline business - it's been full of subsidies for over 100 years,
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Before that, the shipping business! Nation states have long equated Shipping and Airlines as an extension of the State. Even when they are no longer state owned, they are 'flying the flag' and all that nonsense.
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