Christoph Mueller appointed to the board of Tourism Ireland

n97 mini

I read this today and was surprised to see the embattled CEO of a struggling airline appointed to one of the many tourism quangos.

Anyone else surprised by this?

I am sort of expecting AL to go bust to be bought out under his stewardship.

bladeruner

n97 mini wrote: »

I read this today and was surprised to see the embattled CEO of a struggling airline appointed to one of the many tourism quangos.

Anyone else surprised by this?

I am sort of expecting AL to go bust to be bought out under his stewardship.

I can see why no one has bothered replying to you...
You don't want the guy in charge of an airline which is one of europes most cash rich, made a profit last year, will make a profit this year (2 of the toughest years for aviation) with Europes biggest LOW cost operator as a competitor involved in trying to get more tourists into this country ?

Yeah let's give it to some failed politician instead.....

n97 mini

bladeruner wrote: »

I can see why no one has bothered replying to you...

I would have thought the topic is a bit too advanced.

bladeruner wrote: »

You don't want the guy in charge of an airline which is one of europes most cash rich, made a profit last year, will make a profit this year (2 of the toughest years for aviation) with Europes biggest LOW cost operator as a competitor involved in trying to get more tourists into this country ?

In the last two years Aer Lingus has had more threats of industrial action than any other airline in the world. They are making a profit because their cost base is being cut quicker than they're losing customers.

I'd sooner see the position on the board of a quango go unfilled, or be made voluntary.

ianuss

.......speaking of quangos......

http://www.publicinquiry.eu/2011/11/18/6000-directors-on-quango-boards-****/

http://quangos-ireland.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Irish_Quangos

Scary numbers.