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Old Sep 9, 2012, 7:47 pm
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VS CEO Resigns
Announced in the Wall Street Journal today that Virgin Atlantic CEO Steve Ridgeway has resigned. I'm not sure if the link will pull up the actual article but from what I glanced earlier today, Mr. Ridgeway said that he will stay on to help find a successor. Here is the link. See if this will open:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...ness_whatsNews
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Old Sep 9, 2012, 8:45 pm
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Wouldn't show the article for me. It looks like you have to have a subscription.
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Old Sep 9, 2012, 8:48 pm
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Originally Posted by LETTERBOY
Wouldn't show the article for me. It looks like you have to have a subscription.
Thanks for trying. I'll try to pull up other news articles on this subject if available.
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Old Sep 9, 2012, 9:07 pm
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Just a mention on this article that you can view:

http://news.yahoo.com/ridgway-steppi...ce.html?_esi=1
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Old Sep 10, 2012, 12:29 am
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The article states he us retiring... just a small difference though no biggy.

23 years with any company is a long time and I think it will be good for Virgin to get some fresh leadership.
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Old Sep 10, 2012, 8:19 am
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Female staff, backs to the walls in the corridors, will breathe a sigh of relief!
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Old Sep 10, 2012, 9:13 pm
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Originally Posted by ANstar
The article states he us retiring... just a small difference though no biggy.

23 years with any company is a long time and I think it will be good for Virgin to get some fresh leadership.
This article says he is both resigning and retiring:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnclar...eo-steps-down/

Then this article just says he's resigning:

http://www.investorplace.com/2012/09...-to-step-down/

Anyway, all the news is saying he is leaving in 2013.
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Old Sep 11, 2012, 2:06 am
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Originally Posted by tonywestsider
This article says he is both resigning and retiring:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnclar...eo-steps-down/

Then this article just says he's resigning:

http://www.investorplace.com/2012/09...-to-step-down/

Anyway, all the news is saying he is leaving in 2013.
It is good news since the redemption miles in this company really sucks.
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Old Sep 15, 2012, 3:33 pm
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I doubt it is a coincidence that Virgin had recently posted an £80million loss
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Old Sep 15, 2012, 7:35 pm
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Ex-UK fees such as Advanced Passenger Duty and the lack of network connections east of the UK via larger airline group/alliance are hurting VS and other European carriers. VS has been slow to react. We'll see what happens with new leadership next year.
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Old Sep 16, 2012, 3:36 pm
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Female staff, backs to the walls in the corridors, will breathe a sigh of relief!
That's quite an allegation, no...?!
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Old Sep 18, 2012, 5:38 am
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Female staff, backs to the walls in the corridors, will breathe a sigh of relief!
I have met him a few times, he seems okay.

What has he done to require this comment.

He also owns the San Moritz Hotel in Cornwall.
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