馬航CEO提前下課內幕驚爆!他是被政治黑手逼走的!
災難重重的馬航剛剛取得第一次盈利之際,從海外重金禮聘擔任集團總執行長的企業奇才卻宣布提前下課,拂袖而去了!
馬航CEO穆勒日前忽然宣布由於《個人因素》決定提前結束聘約;今年9月走人!他的合約原本到2018年5月才屆滿。
穆勒是國際航空界公認的經營奇才,具有令一家航空公司起死回生的高超手腕。奈何經濟奇才始終無法逾越政治門檻,他大刀闊斧改革馬航的方針已經損害了某些政治大人物的利益,利用阿拉賦予的特權,他們終於也把這個經濟奇才搞死了,搞得他拂袖而去,丟下爛攤子不管了,就讓馬航繼續腐爛下去了。
自從穆勒上任初期,當局確實賦予穆勒極大的權力整頓馬航,包括將2萬受薪員工大量裁退高達6000人、重整全球航線,將所有不能為馬航帶來利潤的航線停飛、終止所有無關緊要的供應商合約;種種雷霆行動確實收到奇效,馬航終於在連續多年虧損之後,於今年2月迎來首個轉虧為盈的月份。
然而從上個世紀80年代開始,馬航就供養著一大群蛀米蟲和寄生蟲,他們仗著巫統的勢力,就像吸血鬼一樣依附在馬航身上大肆吸血。尤其當他們完全掌控馬航管理層之後更加囂張跋扈;馬航各種經費開銷都以報大數《買貴了》呈報上去騙錢;馬航賺到的錢卻都進了私人口袋;如此只有支出沒有收入的航空公司,怎樣頂?
馬航因此連續20多年虧損,年年都要政府拿人民血汗錢出來補貼。現在馬航的主人國陣領導人好不容易下了一點點決心,找來歐洲的企業管理高手整頓馬航;然而早已病入膏肓的馬航,無論動哪個部位的手術,都難免傷害到巫統權貴的利益。穆勒縱然有通天手段,也無法從馬航身上拿開政治黑手。最後心灰意冷的穆勒,唯有決定提前解約,返回歐洲;對馬航已經哀莫大於心死。
更好笑的是前任CEO看到穆勒終於沉不住氣被逼走了,竟然第一個跳出來高喊《馬航CEO應該給回大馬國內馬來精英管理》。馬航連年虧損,不就是全拜《馬來CEO精英》所賜嗎?穆勒走了,如果又讓經營什麼都死的馬來精英《回朝復辟》,政府又想拿出多少百億出來給馬航繼續揮霍?
馬來西亞航空公司19日宣布,公司執行長兼常務董事米勒將於今年9月提前離職。
馬航在一份聲明中說,米勒以「個人處境改變」為由,提出提前結束3年的工作合同。馬航方面已著手尋找繼任者,米勒會繼續留任6個月至今年9月。馬航和米勒本人都沒有提及離任的具體原因。
馬航董事會主席諾爾·優素福表示,米勒自加入馬航以來,參與了重組工作,幫助馬航走上復興的正確軌道,並已取得一些令人鼓舞的進展。
因運營成本過高、受到亞航等廉價航空公司競爭等原因,馬航近年來連年虧損。2014年馬航MH370航班和MH17航班接連失事令公司雪上加霜。2014年底,馬航退市開始重組,隨後成立新馬航。
2015年5月米勒接任馬航執行長,馬航看中了他之前在其他航空公司任職的經歷,包括帶領愛爾蘭國營航空公司走出困境。
米勒上任後,馬航大幅削減員工並計劃淘汰部分客機,停飛了不少虧損的長途航線,更加注重中程航線,以期轉型為一家區域航空公司。去年12月,馬 航宣布與阿聯航空達成合作協議,利用後者廣泛的航線網絡。今年2月馬航實現近年來首次月度盈利,並希望在2018年扭虧為盈。
Where Mueller failed
April 25, 2016
He got rid of excess workers, unneeded suppliers and unprofitable routes, but he could not remove political control.
FMT letter from Marion Tharsis via email
Khazanah Nasional Berhad probably expected too much from Christoph Mueller when it hired him to work his charm on MAS. Despite his glorious past, the turnaround expert probably didn』t count on the the work culture and ethics and, most of all, the political environment in a government-linked company.
Mueller made all the obvious moves. He trimmed the work force, removed unwanted suppliers and closed unprofitable routes. What he could not do was remove political control. He probably learned soon enough that it would be futile to continue with his work, with so many hands pulling him from all sides to do their bidding.
Another person may try his or her hand at making MAS profitable again, but the same pressures will reduce the CEO’s position to that of a puppet to be manipulated.
So our once glorious airline is back to square one. The competition is overwhelming. Other carriers, including our very own AirAsia, are always looking into ways to make their companies more profitable through innovation.
We should not expect too much from the incoming CEO. He or she may be prevented from cleaning up certain kinds of mess. For example, he or she might not get a free hand to select a management team that would be capable of taking MAS on the path of good and solid governance.
An airline cannot run effectively merely on superficial changes. It needs an operating system that is smooth, unhampered, cohesive, innovative and competitive. Only then can it stay afloat in a tight and narrow market and play on a field that keeps re-inventing itself.
An airline that is subject to too much control will keep failing and continue to be an embarrassment.