Originally Posted by
BrazilBusDriver
I don’t believe either of us are SWA (and know I’m not), so I’ll reserve specific judgement. But specifically to you points, “winning matters”. A movie quote comes to mind about abject failure: “
You know, in certain older civilized cultures, when men failed as entirely as you have, they would throw themselves on their swords.”
Can’t help but think of this scene every time I hear of “exceptionalism” and “failure” in the same utterance(s). Especially when those same folks start saying “a VP couldn’t have known”.
Not that I support summary execution or any of that nonsense…but if that happens to someone’s C-suite career in light of all this. Well I guess that a sounds about right.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AC9SF7TOyHQ
+1000 for any Firefly reference.
A competent VP would have spent every day screaming to those above them that the system was broken and in dire need. If not, then that person is not a competent VP and shouldn't have that position.
One legacy GK left SWA with is a hugely bloated and ineffectual middle management core that is all about lip service.