QX CEO is stepping down
Dec 18, 2017, 11:58 pm
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QX CEO is stepping down
Via the Seattle Times:
After a year of turmoil at Horizon Air, the local regional carrier that’s part of Alaska Air Group, the airline’s Chief Executive Dave Campbell announced Monday that he’s stepping down.
Campbell conveyed the news internally via an email to employees Monday.
“As the year comes to a close, I have found myself at a crossroads,” Campbell wrote. “For personal reasons, I have decided to step down from my role with Horizon effective January 5, opening the door for a new chapter for the airline.”
Campbell conveyed the news internally via an email to employees Monday.
“As the year comes to a close, I have found myself at a crossroads,” Campbell wrote. “For personal reasons, I have decided to step down from my role with Horizon effective January 5, opening the door for a new chapter for the airline.”
Dec 19, 2017, 9:13 am
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Saw this. It is a good move by Campbell, who has shown nothing but incompetence over the past few years with this pilot problem. Good leadership would have looked to doing something about it sooner. We can only hope that Brad Tilden follows him out the door. Time to get back to business and put good people in these key positions.
Dec 19, 2017, 9:35 am
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Saw this. It is a good move by Campbell, who has shown nothing but incompetence over the past few years with this pilot problem. Good leadership would have looked to doing something about it sooner. We can only hope that Brad Tilden follows him out the door. Time to get back to business and put good people in these key positions.
Dec 20, 2017, 9:57 am
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I don't buy this. This is years in the making, not just now. Campbell may not have been all of the problem, but he was a good chunk of the problem. It developed under his watch, and then yes, it exploded when Alaska purchased Virgin America. Alaska took resources from other parts to expand its new hub in SFO and stretched the resources too thin when the problem already existed.
From all reports it seems that Campbell was not the problem. When you are the head of a subsidiary and the parent company does not give you any resources to fix the problems that were clearly identified, it wouldn't matter who the CEO of the subsidiary was/is. He was smart to get out while the sinking ship has stabilized and has temporarily stopped taking on water. The problems are nowhere near resolved and the road ahead will be difficult. Finding another CEO just adds another distraction for the management team. Can't wait to hear what they have to say next month in the earnings call.
Dec 20, 2017, 11:45 am
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I don't buy this. This is years in the making, not just now. Campbell may not have been all of the problem, but he was a good chunk of the problem. It developed under his watch, and then yes, it exploded when Alaska purchased Virgin America. Alaska took resources from other parts to expand its new hub in SFO and stretched the resources too thin when the problem already existed.
Dec 21, 2017, 12:13 am
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I hear that at his going away party they will be serving only water, apple juice or beer.....unless the weather outside is cloudy in which case the waiters/waitresses will not serve anything and be asked by the restaurant manager to sit down. And the bathrooms will have no running water.
Dec 21, 2017, 8:55 am
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I hear that at his going away party they will be serving only water, apple juice or beer.....unless the weather outside is cloudy in which case the waiters/waitresses will not serve anything and be asked by the restaurant manager to sit down. And the bathrooms will have no running water.
Dec 21, 2017, 2:41 pm
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