Flying high with John Borghetti - Good weekend article

[markis10]

Looks like the SMH has a piece on JB this weekend

John Borghetti, chief executive of Virgin Australia, was tinkering with one of his cars in the basement of his apartment block, in the inner-Sydney suburb of Glebe, when his phone rang. "Mate, the leprechaun's about to have a press conference," said the caller. "Get up out of there. It must be big news.

http://www.smh.com.au/good-weekend/flying-high-with-john-borghetti-20141114-11evix.html

 

[AIRwin]

Those paper planes remind me of a QF ad on TV some time ago...

 

[VHOEJ]

Very little mention of his financial performance while at Virgin......yes he has been successful at hurting QF but VAs financial performance under JB says a lot

 

[ozbeachbabe]

One point I would query is when the article talks about 25 July 2008 being the day Borghetti was "pipped at the post" for the top job however later on it's mentioned that "from the moment of his defection to Virgin in May 2010 he became Alan Joyce's worst nightmare".

If you are unceremoniously dumped by your employer for the top job in 2008, I hardly think that accepting a job with the competition two years down the track could seriously be classed as a defection.

Flying high with John Borghetti

 

[medhead]

Seen snippets of this story around the place. Haven't read this linked story in particular but if it picks up the quotes about providing great service by staff; tell him he's dreaming. The words I've read elsewhere in no way match my experience on VA. The staff at the coal face treat all customers as per the lowest common denominator.

 

[TomVexille]

He transformed Sydney's invite-only first-class lounge into an award-winning sanctuary

So is he the reason for the Flounge being what it is?

 

[straitman]

The words I've read elsewhere in no way match my experience on VA. The staff at the coal face treat all customers as per the lowest common denominator.

It is just as well that we all see these things differently. My VA experience is obviously much better than yours and varies from good at worst to excellent at best.

 

[jaspon]

Not sure if this has been posted
Another good interview with JB here - John Borghetti - CEO & MD, Virgin Australia on Vimeo
He has a nice view outside his office window !!

 

[yohy?!]

Very little mention of his financial performance while at Virgin......yes he has been successful at hurting QF but VAs financial performance under JB says a lot

I highly doubt there is an expectation he's to make huge profits at this point - just minimise losses. This is the aviation business after all.

His main stakeholders would be looking for long term market share to feed their international services and to continue to weaken Qantas which is going to take a ton of cash to prise away from them.