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Old Jan 11, 2020 | 3:32 am
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Originally Posted by subject2load
Turned it down ? Yeah ..... right ! I know which pay package I’d rather have.

The problem for Señor Alex was that his job title was attached to a series of high-profile, well-publicised, costly blunders.
As usual, the bubble that some FTers live in could not be further from the real world. Oh how hard it is for some to look past the 'I.'

Originally Posted by corporate-wage-slave
On more than one occasion, Álex Cruz has told me that BA CEO is all that matters to him. He has (repeatedly) pointed out that all four of his children (now teenage to early 20s) are British, have spent their whole lives in West London and regard themselves as British. On a personal level I doubt a theoretically Madrid based job for an essentially non airline position is attractive. The immediate task ahead of the new IAG CEO is the integration of Air Europa into Iberia, going through the regulatory, political and financial hurdles that lie in the way. When Álex ran Vueling he commuted to BCN from "home" and I doubt he will be wanting to do that again.
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