Gladys Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 (edited) Edit, must be me. Anyhow, very coincidental after the Jurby fiasco. Wonder how that played out behind closed doors? Edited August 15 by Gladys 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 1 hour ago, John Wright said: Fantastic opportunity came up = I can no longer work with the political leadership or the clowns in Cabinet Office. Anywhere is better than here. 1 hour ago, Numbnuts said: Anyone surprised . You don’t know what’s going on behind the scenes but the continued ATC issues and the seemingly failure of departments and staff to converse and have a realistic plan is glaringly obvious. Our leaders are so out of their comfort zone and it’s clear it’s not getting better anytime soon. Reynolds and that other clown has a lot to answer for but so has out Chief Minister and those below . There’s also , in my opinion , a clear cock up over Jurby press releases I must say I did wonder if the Jurby fiasco would be the final straw and it's interesting that he says he handed in his resignation "at the start of the week". And he told the staff directly in a mass email rather than there being an agreed press release. Of course our wonderful 'communications professionals have had three days to produce something and hadn't. He says he will still be here for "the next few months", which presumably means that HR will start looking for a replacement in October. 2026. And that's the problem. It was difficult enough finding a qualified Airport Director last time. There was no one suitable to first time they advertised and they probably only got Cobb (who was headhunted) because he was fed up with trying to sort out the mess he inherited at HIAL. And discovered that, even though he was nominally in charge here, he had no control as everyone else interfered or were protected by chums. And word on this sort of thing gets out. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maugholdmafia Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 A loss I am sure. I believe he was promised a huge terminal, runway and infrastructure upgrades while being scouted for the job only to have everything slammed into his face and refused funding once he was in the role. I guess the Jurby Airport fiasco was the last straw. My only questions now are who would be capable of taking over such a job position and how long until Andy Ralphs follows suit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A fool and his money..... Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 1 hour ago, piebaps said: Its 3 years https://hr.gov.im/media/1450/relocationexpensesscheme.pdf But he'll get to keep two thirds of his relocation expenses and probably all that of his NI holiday. Money well spent? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbnuts Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 2 minutes ago, Maugholdmafia said: I guess the Jurby Airport fiasco was the last straw. My only questions now are who would be capable of taking over such a job position and how long until Andy Ralphs follows suit? Who’s Andy Ralph’s please ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 The danger of a 'flown in' director. Not the long term loyalty to the position? Does the Airport need a Director???? It's just a small enterprise, a salaried manager would suit, surely? Keep the CS happy anyway?? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 8 minutes ago, Maugholdmafia said: how long until Andy Ralphs follows suit? Andy Ralphs is quite outstandingly useless - even by Manx Civil Service standards. We'll never get rid of him. 1 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbnuts Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 8 minutes ago, Kopek said: The danger of a 'flown in' director. Not the long term loyalty to the position? Does the Airport need a Director???? It's just a small enterprise, a salaried manager would suit, surely? Keep the CS happy anyway?? Wasn’t there issues when Cobb took over as the last clowns hadn’t maintained regulations and requirements. Seem to remember something mentioned at the time with none compliance . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 9 minutes ago, Kopek said: Does the Airport need a Director???? It's just a small enterprise, a salaried manager would suit, surely? Keep the CS happy anyway?? Oh you could do it like that. Obviously no one would fly planes here as there would be no one qualified in terms of safety etc. But an airport without planes would probably make the CS even happier. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarndyce Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 Reminds me of the Yes Minister hospital with no patients. ”It’s won an award for cleanliness”. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 6 minutes ago, Numbnuts said: Wasn’t there issues when Cobb took over as the last clowns hadn’t maintained regulations and requirements. Seem to remember something mentioned at the time with none compliance . Indeed there was. A big part of the problem was not having anyone qualified in charge before they recruited Cobb (they were relying on 'consultants'). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 2 hours ago, Mercenary said: I disagree... the relocation expense is up to £10k. Moving on/off the IoM is easily £5k per move so a director level employee is not going to be going into this thinking they will leave as soon as the relocation expires. It's likely he saw the IoM position as a stepping stone to other director positions but that is anticipated for any career motivated individual. Nurses already get very generous deals to come here with relocation costs covered, months of free accommodation etc. He was way higher up, so probably got an even sweeter deal and huge salary for what it is? All things added up it was probably a good gig for a couple of years. He hasn’t achieved much that’s visible to the public though. Premium / Standard parking was an idiotic idea and the place is still a neglected mess. He probably inherited a might clusterfuck from the previous clowns and seeing as he couldn’t even manage to find a can of paint or a brush, I’m guessing there must have been a lot of issues behind the scenes. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 1 hour ago, Amadeus said: Nurses already get very generous deals to come here with relocation costs covered, months of free accommodation etc. He was way higher up, so probably got an even sweeter deal and huge salary for what it is? All things added up it was probably a good gig for a couple of years. He hasn’t achieved much that’s visible to the public though. Premium / Standard parking was an idiotic idea and the place is still a neglected mess. He probably inherited a might clusterfuck from the previous clowns and seeing as he couldn’t even manage to find a can of paint or a brush, I’m guessing there must have been a lot of issues behind the scenes. When he was appointed I reckoned he would have been on about £100 k. Though looking at the pay scales, there's quite a few at the Airport on similar amounts, maybe even more. You'll also notice that some MF commenters were saying things like "I give him 2 years before he realises he can’t change anything". I got the impression he was wanting to bring stuff like maintenance back in-house, but there was opposition from the rest of DoI who want to outsource everything so they don't have to deal with the working class. As far as parking goes, RingGo was decided before he came and I suspect the increase in parking charges was imposed without consultation. The two-tier stuff was a compromise that Chris Thomas dreamed up to try to reduce at least some of them, though it really just confused people. The real mystery was the farce over the proposed ban on drop-offs that was announced 14 hours before it was supposed to be implemented and then dropped just before it was. Cobb was nowhere to be seen and I wonder if he was as surprised by it as the rest of us. Whatever else you can say about Cobb, he was never afraid to go onto media to defend his situation and him being completely absent suggests he wanted nothing to do with it. Perhaps it was the creation of highways and parking, neither of which departments ever seem worried about something being impractical and unpopular. It could be that this was what encouraged him to start looking around elsewhere. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Buggane Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 (edited) The way I see it he was way out of his depth, the fools at DOI just seeing it as another managerial role. Only because of reg's best get some one who has at least been involved with the air industry and was not just manager of vending machines suplies for a transport cafe business. Because as you know if you are down on linky dink as manager it is not unusual to have no working knowledge of the business you are going to oversee, will also look good on his CV being airport director this must add £20,000/year to his going rate Edited August 16 by Dirty Buggane 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cissolt Posted August 16 Share Posted August 16 24 minutes ago, Dirty Buggane said: The way I see it he was way out of his depth, the fools at DOI just seeing it as another managerial role. Only because of reg's best get some one who has at least been involved with the air industry and was not just manager of vending machines suplies for a transport cafe business. Because as you know if you are down on linky dink as manager it is not unusual to have no working knowledge of the business you are going to oversee, will also look good on his CV being airport director this must add £20,000/year to his going rate He did seem out of his depth. Have his newly recruited friends also handed in their resignations? Or were they fixed term contracts ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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