Feb 11 2025 31 mins 10
The news came like an assassin in the night: Paul Jones, the long-rumoured frontrunner to replace Jayne Hrdlicka as CEO of Virgin Australia, was out of contention following pushback by the powerful TWU.
With no further word on who might be under consideration for the top job – and with Hrdlicka still saying she intends to leave the airline – when might we know who will sit in the captain’s chair of Australia’s second-largest airline group?
Adam and Jake discuss what might be next for Virgin as the CEO search continues.
Plus, will a Finnair pilots’ strike throw a spanner in Qantas’ works?