Air Monopoly: How Robert Milton's Air Canada Won - and Lost - Control of Canada's Skies
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (557 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0771056885 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Milton, a life-long aviation enthusiast, took the controls at Air Canada at age thirty-nine in 1999. Here is the business book of the year.. But in 2004, their notoriety is for all the wrong reasons: in less than four years under Milton’s command, Air Canada has gone from unrivalled industry giant to a wounded behemoth seeking bankruptcy protection. Was it mismanagement, government interference, a radically changed global environment, or just plain bad luck that brought down Canada’s national flag carrier? Air Monopoly answers the question with a penetrati
He lives in Toronto. Keith McArthur has been transportation reporter for the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business since June 2000, following the airline industry’s fortunes on a daily basis. Chalmers Award for Excellence in Financial Journalism for a ROB piece on the demise of Canada 300
Was it mismanagement, government interference, a radically changed global environment, or just plain bad luck that brought down Canada?s national flag carrier? Air Monopoly answers the question with a penetrating examination of a glamorous, high-risk business that attracts more than its share of dreamers and egotists. Since then questionable decisions, bad timing, and hubris have sent Air Canada into a tailspin, threatening its very existence.Air Monopoly offers insightful analysis, eye-opening revelations, and provocative pres
Excellent historical perspective I bought this book the first day out and read through it in about 3 days. I found it quite exceptional for its historical perspective, but not particularly insightful. The author spends the entire book trying very hard not to put any editorial spin on anything which doesn't really make it very. "Let's show some respect people" according to Andrew M. Boggs. I have to take exception to Jon Shell's editorial comment about the author. It is totally irrelevant and disrespectful of the thoughtful and compelling treatment Mr. McArthur gives to Canada's airline industry.However, that said, I actually had the opportunity to meet Mr. McArthur at a book si. "A great update on a continuing saga" according to D. Fowles. Everyone claims to be an expert on airlines. Frankly-some of these so called "airline history" books are dead wrong. The Canadian saga has been going on for about as long as the Star Wars series, except here thousands of people's livelihoods and the economic wealth of a nation are at stake. Ai