Delta Chief's Fancy Footwork

[brokenwrench]

How CEO Anderson overcame obstacles to Northwest deal

Northwest laid out the logic of combining operations, how the deal could be accomplished, the way the employees would fit together and an update of the strides it was making since exiting its own bankruptcy reorganization. Mr. Anderson knew most of Northwest's team from his 14 years at the Eagan, Minn., carrier.

Interesting article.

 

[RobertD]

It's all about ego! He came back because he knew he would be CEO of America's largest Airline.

"Not that long ago, Mr. Anderson seemed to be leaving the airline industry for good. After 14 years in various posts at Northwest, he quit the top job there in 2004 to take an executive vice president position at UnitedHealth Group Inc. for far more money. The next year, Northwest filed for bankruptcy-court protection, as did Delta."


He came back and insisted Delta would be a stand alone! BS :down:

You can fool some of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.

OR CAN YOU? 😱

 

[Kev3188]

From the article:

"Doug Steenland, Northwest's chief executive and an old friend of Mr. Anderson, had tried unsuccessfully since the fall of 2005 to interest previous Delta management in a deal."


Hmmm... So everyone that said this had been in the works for awhile was onto something....

Makes sense, though. All the signs were there...

 

[Come Fly with Me]

You can't trust lawyers............