FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 in France has heaped intense pressure on Lufthansa’s CEO Carsten Spohr, who in less than a year at the helm has had to grapple with big financial losses, labor unrest and tough competition from lower-cost carriers.
The crash has stained Lufthansa’s strong safety reputation — it is its worst crash since being revived after World War II in 1955 and the first fatal accident since 1993.
Aviation Advocacy’s Charlton said it would take a gaffe on a par with that made BP CEO Tony Hayward after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
