
Giovanni Bisignani, the former director general of IATA, is out hawking his new book, Shaking the Skies. Probably the most remarkable thing about it is the invitation to the book launch, which rather boldly stated that Mr Bisignani achieved “the biggest turnaround of an international organisation in history” and that it was up to him “to rescue the [aviation] industry”.
There is no doubt that Mr Bisignani did shake up a dusty and underachieveing organisation that was contributing little to its ...
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cargo person
June 21, 2013 at 4:38 pmThe book’s not worth the money – I would not even read it if it was free.
He’s the shortest, meanest person I’ve ever met.
Michael Webber
June 21, 2013 at 4:43 pmThat may be the best walk-off line I’ve read in 2013. Cheers.
David Harris
June 21, 2013 at 5:53 pmOh, come on Alex, don’t be shy — tell us what you really think about the man…
Stan Wraight
June 21, 2013 at 7:26 pmBrilliant writing, and I mean Alex not the other one.
Save your money on the book, give it to charity, that he should profit on anything is not right.
Rod
June 24, 2013 at 9:45 amA waste of time both as a Manager and a person. How he managed to get into this role leaves a big question mark over the selection and interview criteria.
Jack Hammer
June 24, 2013 at 2:27 pmGreat job Alex, but if someone just dug a bit deeper, oh my what would come out would be mind blowing….
CS
June 24, 2013 at 3:39 pmHow can I have the Loadstar’s copy ? 🙂
Alex Lennane
June 24, 2013 at 4:09 pmWe can’t be spending money on such frivolities as posting copies of Mr Bisignani’s – admittedly lightweight – work. But you are welcome to pick it up from The Loadstar’s office in London. 🙂
Cameron
June 26, 2013 at 6:38 amIf anyone needs a synonym for megalomaniac it’s Bisignani. Fortunately I escaped “flattening” by retiring just in time.
Aviation Freak
October 21, 2013 at 5:32 pmGiovanni was a great boss to me at opodo. Great leadership in times of crisis and we were in a terrible crisis when he took over at IATA right after 9-11. He is respected by all the airline CEO’s for a reason. Loved the book.
Hooda
July 15, 2015 at 7:43 pmThis book was obviously written by a ghost writer.
Giovanni is incapable of writing a book.