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Congratulations to him.
Though it kind of tells us what we all thought about the reasons for his departure having less to do with his health and more to do with whether his face still fitted.
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Good to hear he's completely off the rails.
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Though it kind of tells us what we all thought about the reasons for his departure having less to do with his health and more to do with whether his face still fitted.
Doesn't it just. You don't just walk into a top job like that unless you are the person they are looking for. |
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« Reply #78 on: June 24, 2009, 22:19:53 » |
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I saw Andrew today, he is doing well, wouldn't give me any clues as to the new job, and said to wait the announcement. I am impressed, glad he's doing so well.
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« Reply #79 on: June 24, 2009, 23:19:20 » |
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Glad to hear the good news and I and many others i'm sure wish him well in his new role.
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« Reply #80 on: June 25, 2009, 00:03:16 » |
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My initial reaction is........
I have to fly lot - shit
then I remembered he did good at FGW▸ so I wish him well
(still nervous though FGW <> CAA» )
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Ditched former sig - now I need to think of something amusing - brain hurts -I'll steal from the master himself - Einstein:
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former MD Andrew Haines is on the front page of the Evening Standard tonight. Apparantly he is the man who took the decision to shut down the air space last week. Cost so far ^1 billion and counting. Puts a few FGW▸ delays costs in the shade  see link http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/ Has a picture of him at Paddington in his FGW days |
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« Reply #82 on: April 21, 2010, 18:23:12 » |
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Is it worth mentioning that Andrew Haines was not MD to FGW▸ ? Andrew Haines was MD for First UK▸ Rail and Chief Executive Officer of FGW.
It's a shame the Evening Standard looks intent on making him look bad by saying he was in charge of FGW when it got the name Worst Great Western, despite the fact it was known as that before he came in, and it was thanks to him and the team he brought it that it got turned around.
I don't see how he can be solely responsible, it wasn't just UK airspace that got closed. And as far as I could tell over the last few days it wasn't solely his choice.
At work was continuously updating the Heathrow Airport website to see it's updates, and it always mentioned NATS keeping airspace closed.
So leads me to be somewhat confused, and no doubt will cause confusion to others.
Whether closing airspace was the right decision or not, better safe than sorry, if something happened because airspace wasn't closed then again people would be looking for someone to blame anyway.
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« Reply #83 on: April 21, 2010, 18:29:57 » |
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Andrew Haines was the man who turned FGW▸ around!
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« Reply #84 on: April 21, 2010, 19:30:41 » |
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Saw him on BBC» Breakfast this morning, it seems the media are keen to jump down the neck of anybody in authority. Clearly they've never heard of hindsight - not that i'd personally choose to fly regardless of the level of ash in the atmosphere.
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« Reply #86 on: April 21, 2010, 20:55:06 » |
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The media always try to find a scapegoat for everything. Inevitably, Gordon Brown has also been blamed for it. I'm suprised the Murdoch media didn't attempt to pin the eruption on him and all!   |
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« Reply #87 on: April 21, 2010, 21:38:52 » |
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Surely Eyjafjallajoekull* is to blame?!
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« Reply #88 on: April 21, 2010, 21:55:39 » |
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...It's a shame the Evening Standard looks intent on making him look bad by saying he was in charge of FGW▸ when it got the name Worst Great Western, despite the fact it was known as that before he came in... ... and they couldn't even get the slur right - it was actually know as Worst Late Western! |
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« Reply #89 on: April 21, 2010, 22:07:01 » |
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Agreed: I've met him - and I reckon Andrew Haines was the best thing for First Great Western in the past three years.  |
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