Skybus CEO first one to bail out of sinking ship

[redbook]

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2008/03/24/skybus_ceo.html?sid=101


Go Jet guys: Some time the easy way, ain't the easy way.

 

[Flash]

Diffenderffer is stepping aside to return to writing books, a career he left in 2005 when he joined Skybus

What was he writing, Fairy Tales?

 

[Fins Up]

Was he cast aside as a scapegoat or did he realize this operation is going nowhere?

 

[labbats]

Yeah, but they've got tons of orders for more planes!

 

[CitationUltra]

Diffenderffer is stepping aside to return to writing books, a career he left in 2005 when he joined Skybus

What was he writing, Fairy Tales?

He was probably frustrated at trying to overcome the basic laws of economics. He was replaced by a bean counter, and as a general rule, they don't understand economics either, so bottom line: Ultimately another casualty of the failed "pricing below cost" model.

 

[Fubijaakr]

The rats are always the first to abandon sinking ships.

 

[CitationUltra]

The rats are always the first to abandon sinking ships.

That's often true, but in fairness to the departing CEO, it is plausible that his departure may have been due to the inability of anyone to make a success of this questionable business model, i.e., trying to be the "cheapest" in an industry already decimated by "cheapness".

 

[Kharma Police]

http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2008/03/24/skybus_ceo.html?sid=101


Go Jet guys: Some time the easy way, ain't the easy way.

I wonder if the self described "Samurai" CEO is going to kill himself for his dishonorable failure.

 

[IronCityBlue]

I wonder if the self described "Samurai" CEO is going to kill himself for his dishonorable failure.

:laugh: Nah, he just wanted to get some larger airplane manager time on his resume and move on to greener pastures.

He found an industry where someone was already making a pizza so cheap nobody would buy it and made it cheaper.

They're not out of business yet, but now should be the time when every airline picks one or two of their routes and buries them. That experiment can not be allowed to succeed.

 

[spinproof]

I wonder if the self described "Samurai" CEO is going to kill himself for his dishonorable failure.

No just like a bad Jackie Chan Movie there will be sequels. CEO's never die they just smell that way!