Originally Posted by
Sliceback
Tomahawk - this is your team?? Since when does the changing the CEO change the team??? You've been here through Crandall, Carty, Arpey and now Horton. Those changes were acceptable, along with the mgt and flight department people that they installed, but a guy named Doug Parker isn't acceptable?
What if the AMR BOD fired Horton and hired Doug Parker? Would that, suddenly, be acceptable to have him lead your "team"?
My choices -
1. AA's survival along with the AA name
2. AA's survival, even with another name on the fuselage
Do I really care if Arpey, Horton, Parker, or Kirby is running the show? No, I'd just like to see effective management. I couldn't care less if they're short, tall, fat, skinny, or are named Tom or Doug.
But character and strength does matter. Tough choices are never an easy sell, in fact it's quite difficult. Someone comes along and offers what appears to be the easy way out. He says trust me to make things work. I look at his past and current actions. So far, what I see in Doug doesn't inspire me based on the team his currently leads.
I'd certainly have a different view of Doug if his own house was sterling, but alas it isn't. I'll stick with the AA team until they're relieved of duty.
If the board chooses Doug and gives up on Tom, I'll give him and AA every once of loyalty and professionalism I possess. You see, I don't believe in the temporal, but in things that endure!