Originally Posted by
Jumper Jack
Why would national company ceo speak French be treated as an asset?
I don't recall current ceo of Scotiabank or RBC or TD speak French.
The simplist solution is move AC hq to Toronto... which is AC largest market anyways.
An airline ceo should measured on :
- Operations (OTP, Cancelation)
- Financial performance
- Hard and soft products
- Labor relations
- Long term strategy
Being able to speak 4 languages is always better than 3, 3 is better than 2, 2 is better than 1.
It's an "asset" but it should never be the a factor to over look other qualifications (like it has been in GoC's hiring policy), it should only be a "tiebreaker".
If all things being equal but only A speaks French and B doesn't, I won't object A being chosen over B.