My Case For Alan Mulally as UAL CEO
Apr 24, 2014, 10:05 pm
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Apr 24, 2014, 10:15 pm
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What is the purpose of this thread?
I understand the internet forum desire to debate the number angels on a pinhead but this seems like an even less useful exercise.
This will be nothing more than a combination of Simsek bashing (don't have anything against that per se but we seem to have plenty of threats for doing that) and a rehashing of all that is wrong with post merger UA. It is delusional to think anything discussed here will result in a change of the situation. But I guess that critic applies to many threads.
So have at it but don't know why........
I understand the internet forum desire to debate the number angels on a pinhead but this seems like an even less useful exercise.
This will be nothing more than a combination of Simsek bashing (don't have anything against that per se but we seem to have plenty of threats for doing that) and a rehashing of all that is wrong with post merger UA. It is delusional to think anything discussed here will result in a change of the situation. But I guess that critic applies to many threads.
So have at it but don't know why........
Apr 24, 2014, 10:29 pm
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Apr 24, 2014, 10:46 pm
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Frankly, I'm surprised that Smisek has lasted this long. Even with the questionable competition scenario in the USA, no company wants to continue to be losing all the popularity contests as consistently as UA.
But he has lasted this long, so there is obviously something I'm missing. As an earlier poster inferred, I'm not qualified to run an airline. I am a very highly qualified passenger, however, and there are many things that need immediate, drastic improvement. I just hope that those with the power to make that decision are seeing things similarly to the majority in this little thread.
Although on a much smaller scale, I'm a producer, workaholic, innovator and trailblazer. Retirement sounds like prison to me, so I'm just praying that my health allows me to work until I die in my sleep one night after some major accomplishment. Mulally is me x 50. He has to be even more driven to have accomplished all that he has done. If he were to be offered the job, I would be surprised to see him decline it. I'm sure that Mrs. Mulally is fully aware of all traits of the man she married.
Finally, it seems to me to be critically important for UA to make a positive change in leadership soon. They still have a great front line crew of agents (with the unavoidable exceptions) who typically know exactly how to make a customer feel special, even when their hands are tied. They need to be inspired again before they burn out. If they lose them, it's going to be very challenging to recreate the culture in which they evolved, and I'm talking about those from both sides of the merger. That's the number one advantage that UA still has. People who genuinely care.
But he has lasted this long, so there is obviously something I'm missing. As an earlier poster inferred, I'm not qualified to run an airline. I am a very highly qualified passenger, however, and there are many things that need immediate, drastic improvement. I just hope that those with the power to make that decision are seeing things similarly to the majority in this little thread.
Although on a much smaller scale, I'm a producer, workaholic, innovator and trailblazer. Retirement sounds like prison to me, so I'm just praying that my health allows me to work until I die in my sleep one night after some major accomplishment. Mulally is me x 50. He has to be even more driven to have accomplished all that he has done. If he were to be offered the job, I would be surprised to see him decline it. I'm sure that Mrs. Mulally is fully aware of all traits of the man she married.
Finally, it seems to me to be critically important for UA to make a positive change in leadership soon. They still have a great front line crew of agents (with the unavoidable exceptions) who typically know exactly how to make a customer feel special, even when their hands are tied. They need to be inspired again before they burn out. If they lose them, it's going to be very challenging to recreate the culture in which they evolved, and I'm talking about those from both sides of the merger. That's the number one advantage that UA still has. People who genuinely care.
Apr 24, 2014, 11:22 pm
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It's simple...
What is the purpose of this thread?
I understand the internet forum desire to debate the number angels on a pinhead but this seems like an even less useful exercise.
This will be nothing more than a combination of Simsek bashing (don't have anything against that per se but we seem to have plenty of threats for doing that) and a rehashing of all that is wrong with post merger UA. It is delusional to think anything discussed here will result in a change of the situation. But I guess that critic applies to many threads.
So have at it but don't know why........
I understand the internet forum desire to debate the number angels on a pinhead but this seems like an even less useful exercise.
This will be nothing more than a combination of Simsek bashing (don't have anything against that per se but we seem to have plenty of threats for doing that) and a rehashing of all that is wrong with post merger UA. It is delusional to think anything discussed here will result in a change of the situation. But I guess that critic applies to many threads.
So have at it but don't know why........
I brought this up at this time given his current "available" status, combined with UAL finding itself in a "unique" financial, operational, and labor situation. It seems as better time as ever, and few people have the ties and knowledge of the airline industry, a past working relationship with UAL, let alone the star power, as Mulally. The fact that he was talked about as a potential CEO of UAL a decade ago makes a discussion of him all the more relevant. If such a discussion leaves Mr. Smisek as collateral damage, so be it. Such a result is inevitable in discussion of succession plans. I'm not worried the least bit of how he is portrayed, or where and when on FT that happens.
Apr 25, 2014, 10:06 am
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What is the purpose of this thread?
I understand the internet forum desire to debate the number angels on a pinhead but this seems like an even less useful exercise.
This will be nothing more than a combination of Simsek bashing (don't have anything against that per se but we seem to have plenty of threats for doing that) and a rehashing of all that is wrong with post merger UA. It is delusional to think anything discussed here will result in a change of the situation. But I guess that critic applies to many threads.
So have at it but don't know why........
I understand the internet forum desire to debate the number angels on a pinhead but this seems like an even less useful exercise.
This will be nothing more than a combination of Simsek bashing (don't have anything against that per se but we seem to have plenty of threats for doing that) and a rehashing of all that is wrong with post merger UA. It is delusional to think anything discussed here will result in a change of the situation. But I guess that critic applies to many threads.
So have at it but don't know why........
Second my vote for Mulally.
Apr 25, 2014, 10:15 am
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Perhaps not for the CEO job (in time, maybe) but if I were a member of the BoD, I would be counting down the days for Virasb Vahidi's non-compete to expire.
Apr 25, 2014, 10:18 am
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Apr 25, 2014, 2:53 pm
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Frankly, I'm surprised that Smisek has lasted this long. Even with the questionable competition scenario in the USA, no company wants to continue to be losing all the popularity contests as consistently as UA
But he has lasted this long, so there is obviously something I'm missing. As an earlier poster inferred, I'm not qualified to run an airline.
But he has lasted this long, so there is obviously something I'm missing. As an earlier poster inferred, I'm not qualified to run an airline.
Jeffry is here to stay until he decides to leave. Better get comfortable with that.
