Jayne Hrdlicka to resign as CEO

Certainly is just way too much at stake in the coming months and timing is wafer tight to get this over the line in time, to even bother going ahead with someone like Paul Jones. The comments from a senior Labor minister in recent days would have sent alarm bells off on in Qatar. The union came out with comments months ago, nobody seemed to flinch, bit different when coming from inside Canberra.

Either QR will appoint someone or the Velocity boss seems like the next candidate.
 
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Virgin had just released a presser stating they won't be appointing Jones as the next CEO.


My personal thoughts, was it pressure from incoming part owner Qatar Airways, the Unions or both?

Both I reckon.

I doubt Qatar is pro union, given what goes on in their own country. They probably quite liked him.

Yes, but I think their liking to get the VA deal over the line would have higher priority.

Either QR will appoint someone or the Velocity boss seems like the next candidate.

VA will 'appoint' but QR might 'nominate' someone who they 'know' from elsewhere in its operations/associations.
 
Can’t make major ministerial decisions.

Yes but they can up until caretaker and we are not there yet. Election not due to May 17, and caretaker is minimum 27 days before that so potentially they can do what they like for another 2 months yet.
 
Yes but they can up until caretaker and we are not there yet. Election not due to May 17, and caretaker is minimum 27 days before that so potentially they can do what they like for another 2 months yet.

Most predicting the election early April. Pretty logical they’d want to punt a controversial decision to after the election.
 
Well it will be held March 9th or May 17th as those are the Saturdays we will be OS. I forget when the last Federal election was that we were home for.
 

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