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flatlander

Indeed, they rub along cooperatively but it's not a structural part of their business.

alextheengineer

sammyg901

BA is not alone in this - I am currently working for a British company of similar ilk (my first foray into this type of corporate) and am absolutely bemused/horrified as to how much time and money we spend re organising and restructuring and how we bring in KPMG et al at the drop of a hat to assist

If we spent as much time and money actually dealing with customer problems we could really achieve something special- but that wouldn't protect empires, create nice looking reports & soundbites and tick off a few short term KPIs for this years fat bonus.. and don't even get me started on named projects....

happyintheair

Thoughts for his family, friends and co-workers. A terrible thing to happen.

MarkedMan

He is a very poor communicator and comes across terribly whenever he tries to relate to people. Not much you can do about that, it's largely personality based, but frankly this is not the first company that's had to deal with difficult circumstances, good leaders have to make hard calls and are liked when they do it. It comes down to being open about it and being earnest and sincere about the reasons for doing the things you need to do. Spin, especially with employees, never pays.

I have to say that, coming back after many many years in the US, I am stunned at how consultant happy UK and European companies are. If you're not smart enough to know what organisation you want and not brave enough to admit why you messed something up when you do, and fix it, you probably shouldn't be in the job you're in, Regardless of how good of a job management consultants do (and there are some very smart people doing that work) I see money spent on this sort of service as an abdication of responsibility.

It's hard to say whether the amounts spent this way would make a substantial difference to, say, BA's product, but in principle I totally agree with you.

13901

I do, and I know that Engineering's not changing at the pace people expected. How much is his fault and how much is because of the culture over there I don't know, but turning the mentality in certain areas will take almost as much as improving the whole place, methinks.

Wholeheartedly agree.

Porky Speedpig

I gather the Director of Flight Operations is the latest to leave - albeit he will return to flying from his management role. Anyone having any insight on this latest reshuffle?

Bellerophon

The rumours I've heard are that it was more of a resignation than a reshuffle!

I knew him as a man of integrity - and a BA man through and through - so I suspect that he was being leaned on to do something that his judgement or his conscience could not accept.

Personally, I regard his departure with some regret.

T8191

Has Marcus Junius Brutus Minor got a job at Waterside yet? It could help [not actually doing it, of course].

They're dropping like flies, for one reason or another. Perhaps Cruz could be recruited by DHL to sort out their problems

dodgeflyer

Problem is that UK/EU companies doesn’t really appreciate being told they’re wrong and as a result failure (ie admitting you can’t do it) isn’t actually rewarded but punished as it is pointing out rather than a solve. The amount of either incompetent but political people who survive or competent but able to admit mistakes who get shunned is amazing.

OverTheHorizon

Welcome to the game

V10

Some MBA (Master of Bu**er All) from Batley Technical College University working in the BA Corporate Strategy and Planning department has noticed that Number 10 reshuffles generate lots of press coverage. Naturally BA can benefit from this bonanza of publicity.

More news to come next week when the current Concorde Room under-secretary in charge of washing up the Black Mug is promoted to Director of Information Technology.

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Fontana

I enjoyed talking to SR and interviewing him back in April 2017.