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Heathrow T5 - another head rolls
According to The Times today, Heathrow's managing director is leaving with
immediate effect. What is surprising is that the replacement lined up is Mike Brown, currently chief operating officer at London Underground. Perhaps they chose him because his current organisation manages to run trains successfully at Heathrow? http://business.timesonline.co.uk/to...cle3922575.ece Paul S |
Heathrow T5 - another head rolls
Paul Scott wrote:
According to The Times today, Heathrow's managing director is leaving with immediate effect. What is surprising is that the replacement lined up is Mike Brown, currently chief operating officer at London Underground. Perhaps they chose him because his current organisation manages to run trains successfully at Heathrow? Or perhaps he decided to look for another job now that Boris is mayor. -- Michael Hoffman |
Heathrow T5 - another head rolls
On May 13, 2:19 pm, "Paul Scott"
wrote: According to The Times today, Heathrow's managing director is leaving with immediate effect. What is surprising is that the replacement lined up is Mike Brown, currently chief operating officer at London Underground. Perhaps they chose him because his current organisation manages to run trains successfully at Heathrow? http://business.timesonline.co.uk/to..._sectors/trans... Why do directors given the boot bother coming out with the standard issue platitudes such as "the time is right for me to move on". Who the hell is he kidding? Why don't these people retain a bit of dignity, shut the f... up , collect their fat pay off and close the door behind them instead of just making themselves look like idiots by pretending it was their decision to go. B2003 |
Heathrow T5 - another head rolls
"Michael Hoffman" wrote in message ... Paul Scott wrote: According to The Times today, Heathrow's managing director is leaving with immediate effect. What is surprising is that the replacement lined up is Mike Brown, currently chief operating officer at London Underground. Perhaps they chose him because his current organisation manages to run trains successfully at Heathrow? Or perhaps he decided to look for another job now that Boris is mayor. I was thinking more about the difference between running an airport compared to a railway - I would have thought the chief operating officer of LU was somewhat removed from the political scene? Paul S |
Heathrow T5 - another head rolls
In message , at 17:03:19 on
Tue, 13 May 2008, Paul Scott remarked: According to The Times today, Heathrow's managing director is leaving with immediate effect. What is surprising is that the replacement lined up is Mike Brown, currently chief operating officer at London Underground. Perhaps they chose him because his current organisation manages to run trains successfully at Heathrow? Or perhaps he decided to look for another job now that Boris is mayor. I was thinking more about the difference between running an airport compared to a railway - I would have thought the chief operating officer of LU was somewhat removed from the political scene? I don't know anything about Mike Brown or his role at LU, but COO is usually the job title of a "management accountant" who holds the spending budget [1] and is effectively 'Deputy CEO', and is also into politics. It's quite a different role to an "operations manager". [1] As opposed to a financial accountant who is a bean counter, tax and corporate law specialist. -- Roland Perry |
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