Originally Posted by
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Gary Kelly is a failure, certainly no Richard Anderson.
You're absolutely correct, Kelly is no Anderson.
Kelly did not preside over $4 billion in losses at Northwest between 2001-2006. During those years Kelly was VP of finance and then CEO of a company that continued to add to its 30 consecutive years of profitability.
Kelly did not gut employee contracts in bankruptcy with such popular ideas as NewCo and GroundCo. NewCo set out to establish a low-cost regional carrier that brought back laid-off pilots with a new wage of $58,000, less than half of their previous salary of $120,000. GroundCo sought to wipe out 5,000 of the 14,000 jobs held by various airport ground workers and ticket agents. Kelly did not reneg on billions promised to creditors through BK.
You are absolutely correct, Kelly is no Anderson.