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Re:Southwest operational meltdown as hundreds of flights can... by valray on Monday October 11, 2021 @01:18AM (#28824943)
Your statement shows lack of understanding of how the modern corporation works.

The COO may have been there 30 years, and may lack an MBA, but increasingly it is this type of CxO that has been reyling upon MBAs and other consultants (operations research) to restructure the organization into an optimized-but-fragile state.

It is the rare old-hand that can standup to younguns talking tech and math, subjects he does not feel comfortable with.

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Re:Southwest operational meltdown as hundreds of flights can... by pc86 on Monday October 11, 2021 @08:44AM (#28827694)
Such a bizarre statement to imply that old people don't understand math, and all but destroys any credibility for the rest of your comment.
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Re:Southwest operational meltdown as hundreds of flights can... by tdeck on Monday October 11, 2021 @03:28AM (#28825744)
Not disagreeing, but also I don't think it's even necessary for any MBAs to be involved (although such a corporate structure would be very unlikely). All that's needed is a set of incentives that reward a certain style of business to the detriment of others. Based on our total set of economic policies, the US has those incentives in many (most?) sectors of the economy.
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Re:Southwest operational meltdown as hundreds of flights can... by listenallyall on Monday October 11, 2021 @03:36AM (#28825795)
> a set of incentives

money, responsibility, prestige

> that reward a certain style of business

profitable, growing, innovative

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Re:Southwest operational meltdown as hundreds of flights can... by listenallyall on Monday October 11, 2021 @03:19AM (#28825690)
Are you suggesting that old people uncomfortable with math and tech are the best people to be leading major corporations? Even Herb Kelleher was only 40 when he started Southwest.
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