The authors write in the introduction of the book that, “Leaders are change agents who see opportunities and promise where others see only defeat.” At each stage of aviation’s business life cycle – start-up, growth, maturity, decline, rebirth – new types of leaders emerged.
They may have represented different leadership archetypes as the industry went through its life-cycle stages, but they believed in themselves as winners, rather than falling into the trap of looking out for bailouts. Friends, we have done reasonably well over the last decade or three. But we can do much better. So why not?