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	Rod Eddington - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sir Rod Eddington is Chief Executive of British Airways, the UK's premier airline and one of the largest in the world.
		Eddington was born in Perth, WA in 1950.
		Eddington declared: "These are good results in one of the toughest years in living memory", and while this can be expected from a CEO trying to reassure investors it was against a climate of the Iraq War and SARS.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rod_Eddington (301 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Programmes \| Breakfast with Frost \| Interview with Rod Eddington, Chief Executive, British Airways
		ROD EDDINGTON: It would be a major issue, obviously, for all the intercontinental airways, including us, British Airways.
		ROD EDDINGTON: Yes it is and we understand that, not just because of apprehension but of course many major companies, who are important for us because they provide us with customers, have really had a tough time economically - banks, major corporates - and people just aren't travelling in the way in which they were.
		ROD EDDINGTON: Yes but of course at that particular time, they may not have had the capacity to pay what they subsequently did.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/programmes/breakfast_with_frost/2244559.stm (1119 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Programmes \| Breakfast with Frost \| On Sunday, 27 July 2003, Breakfast with Frost featured an interview with ...
		ROD EDDINGTON: I was at the airport on Friday night and all through the weekend and I was there to ensure that firstly our customers were being taken care of, that we had a team in negotiating with the representatives of the workforce to try and resolve it.
		ROD EDDINGTON: It'll be a little while before we're absolutely sure because we don't know what the compensation figure is. It's tens of millions of pounds but we hope to be able to give the market a guestimate of that in a more accurate sense in a few days' time.
		ROD EDDINGTON: Well, British Airways had that slogan based on the fact that we carry more international passengers than anyone else, sadly we were overtaken in that regard some time ago..
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/programmes/breakfast_with_frost/3100475.stm (1969 words)

	The Scotsman - Top Stories - BA's future in the hands of negotiators (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rod Eddington, who will meet union leaders over the next few days, said he was confident of resolving the bitter row which has cost the airline millions of pounds in lost revenue.
		Mr Eddington said it was essential that the third union involved in the row, the GMB general union, was also involved in the talks.
		Mr Eddington maintained that BA did try to give staff the right mix between their private and working lives, despite union claims that the company was trying to introduce unacceptable changes to working practices.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=812942003 (939 words)

	CNN.com - BA chief: We will survive - September 20, 2001
		Eddington: Numbers in the summer this year for us were a reflection of foot-and-mouth in the UK and the substantial impact that had on tourism into the UK, and on the weakening global economy.
		Eddington: These are remarkable times, and it's impossible to know what the aviation industry is going to look like when we go through the tunnel, in part because we don't know what's going to happen in the global world in the next one, two, three, four months.
		Eddington: No, but of course in the aftermath of a tragedy like this, there are a lot of people in the UK who want to get home to America, and there are some people in America who want to come home to the UK.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/europe/09/20/eddington.interview.cnna (1000 words)

	Scotsman.com Business - Top Stories - Eddington to quit - BA seeks new chief exec (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Eddington, who replaced Bob Ayling five years ago, has told friends that he wants to be back in his native Australia by January after which he will concentrate on a portfolio of non-executive directorships.
		Eddington, who has overseen a lot of cost-cutting since he arrived in 2000, is also understood to be reviewing the future of business class on European flights which may see investment to make the produce rather more exclusive.
		WHEN Rod Eddington was parachuted in to the chief executiveâs chair at British Airways in May 2000, the airline was in a mess and staff morale was very low after the troubled reign of predecessor Robert Ayling.
	business.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=247692005 (932 words)

	DS9 Encyclopedia & Lexicon - Technological Devices
		Left by Eddington in the Defiant 's computers; he triggered it during a confrontation with Sisko, disabling the ship.
		The replicators were stolen for the Maquis by Eddington.
		O'Brien learned from Rom that the reconfigurations he was making, which he was being forced to do by a pah-wraith holding Keiko's body hostage, would turn the station into a massive chroniton array.
	ds9encyclopedia.0catch.com /sci2.htm (3926 words)

	BA Chief Talks Global Air Game (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rod Eddington: The North Atlantic in particular always is susceptible to external threats.
		Eddington: All I know is there needs to be more consolidation, and if BA is to be a significant player in Europe, it needs to be part and party to that process.
		Eddington: We certainly are not the cheapest on the North Atlantic, but then again we have not been the beneficiary of billions of U.S. dollars in state aid.
	www.btnmag.com /businesstravelnews/global/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000507441 (1699 words)

	CNN.com - Unions' crisis talks with BA chief - Jul. 28, 2003
		Eddington has warned that the dispute is threatening the future of the airline and said that negotiations between him and the union leaders were make-or-break for the giant carrier.
		Eddington maintained that the airline was trying to help staff balance their home and work lives despite claims by unions that the new check-in system would lead to workers being sent home during quiet periods and called in to do extra hours when it was busier.
		Eddington would not comment on reports that BA will next week unveil losses of £70 million for the three months to June, although he admitted that the dispute had cost the airline tens of millions of pounds.
	edition.cnn.com /2003/TRAVEL/07/28/ba (603 words)

	Rod Eddington // HRDirectorsClub.com
		Rod Eddington was appointed Chief Executive of British Airways on May 2 2000.
		Born in1950 in Perth, Western Australia, Rod was educated at the University of Western Australia and Lincoln College, Oxford University (the 1974 Rhodes Scholar from Western Australia).
		Rod Eddington is married with two young children.
	www.hrdirectorsclub.com /news/rod_eddington_bio.asp (250 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Interview: Rod Eddington, CEO British Airways
		Eddington's daily journey up and down the M4 has been more fraught as he comes to terms with the fact that the industry has received a buffeting from which it will take years to recover.
		Eddington argues that BA is confronted by a combination of three negative forces.
		Eddington pinpointed a major challenge for the airlines as being their ability to rebuild confidence in air travel on the basis of the high level of security which would have to be put in place.
	www.guardian.co.uk /wtccrash/story/0,1300,556086,00.html (1511 words)

	Willie Walsh to Replace Rod Eddington at British Airways (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rod Eddington will retire from British Airways at the end of September, at which stage Mr Walsh will become chief executive.
		Rod has transformed our business beyond recognition through his determined focus to drive out costs whilst ensuring the airline never loses sight of the highest standards of customer service.
		Rod Eddington said: "I am delighted that Willie has agreed to join British Airways and replace me as CEO and I look forward to working with him during our handover."
	www.flightmapping.com /news/17.aspx (454 words)

	Telegraph \| Money \| Eddington faces investors over talk of BA departure
		Rod Eddington, chief executive of British Airways, will face questions from investors this week about his future as speculation mounts that the 55-year-old is preparing to quit the airline and return to his native Australia.
		Rod Eddington: rumoured to be planning to quit BA later this year
		Mr Eddington, who has overseen big cost cuts at BA, will announce plans to scrap outdated and expensive working practices before the move to Terminal 5, including a cut in turnround times for shorthaul aircraft to 35 minutes.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2005/03/07/cnba07.xml (311 words)

	CNN.com - BA chief intervenes in talks - Jul. 28, 2003
		British Airways' Chief Executive Rod Eddington is to meet union leaders in an attempt to resolve a damaging dispute that he says is threatening the future of the airline.
		Eddington said Sunday that the future of the airline was now in the hands of both sets of negotiators.
		Eddington told the BBC it was "critical" that he was now in the center of moves to resolve the dispute.
	www.cnn.com /2003/TRAVEL/07/28/ba0825 (512 words)

	Context August/September 2001 Issue -- Feature: The Sky's the Limit
		When the chairman’s successor, Rod Eddington, arrived a little more than a year ago, he had to only glance at the experience of his predecessor to know how impatient investors were for a new strategy and for better results.
		When Eddington landed in the middle of the mess at BA, he seemed to be the right mix of insider and outsider.
		Eddington’s analysis found that Gatwick had lost BA $60 million in fiscal 2000 because it was attracting bargain hunters looking for cheap trans-Atlantic charter flights.
	www.contextmag.com /archives/200108/Feature2TheSkystheLimit.asp (1816 words)

	BA’s Eddington set to return to Australia
		British Airways chief executive Rod Eddington is expected to resign later this year.
		Eddington is now expected to leave within months of the airline’s annual general meeting, which is held in July.
		Eddington had previously said his BA role would be his last job in aviation.
	www.travelbiz.com.au /articles/50/0c02d950.asp (503 words)

	BA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		All this ba d news is even more galling for Eddington as he learns to live with the fact that shareholders can make far more...
		BA bomber Rod 'Hot Rod' Eddington has 'cheered up' strife-ridden British Airways in his first year as chief executive.
		Edward Simpkins talks to a bloodied but unbowed Rod Eddington, who admits his airline made mistake...
	encyclopaedia.cc /BA (323 words)

	Gulf War Illness Stories
		Eddington and his wife, Robin, also a CIA analyst, left the agency in 1996 and filed complaints with the Inspector General that CIA officials covered up evidence, obstructed their investigations and ruined their careers.
		Patrick Eddington said he and his wife have requested the CIA declassify their performance reports and security files and have offered to waive their Privacy Act rights.
		The Eddingtons have filed suit in federal court demanding their personnel records be released.
	www.militaryreporter.org /gw012698.html (584 words)

	British Airways - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		British Airways announced Rod Eddington as his successor in May. Eddington set about cutting the workforce further, dramatically so after the slump caused by the September 11th attacks in 2001.
		In May 2001 Eddington announced the return of the Union Flag to the entire fleet, reversing his predecessor's rebranding exercise.
		In May 2001, chief executive Rod Eddington declared that all BA planes would be repainted with the Chatham Dockyard Union Flag, a design first used on Concorde.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Airways (2589 words)

	CNN.com - BA chief to intervene in talks - Jul. 25, 2003
		British Airways' chief executive Rod Eddington says he will intervene in union talks in a bid to avoid a repeat of a strike that stranded thousands of passengers.
		Eddington will meet Bill Morris, general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union, on Monday, and a senior official from the Amicus union on Tuesday.
		But there are no plans for Eddington to hold discussions with the GMB union, highlighting the different approaches being taken among the unions.
	www.cnn.com /2003/TRAVEL/07/25/ba (591 words)

	Boston.com / Business / Ex-Aer Lingus head to helm British Airways (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		British Airways PLC Chief Executive Rod Eddington is stepping down later this year and will be replaced by a former head of Irish carrier Aer Lingus who left that carrier amid a dispute with the government, British Airways said Tuesday.
		LONDON -- British Airways PLC Chief Executive Rod Eddington is stepping down later this year and will be replaced by a former head of Irish carrier Aer Lingus who left that carrier amid a dispute with the government, British Airways said Tuesday.
		British Airways PLC Chief Executive Rod Eddington, an Australian, is stepping down and will be replaced by Walsh, a former head of Irish carrier Aer Lingus, BA said Tuesday.
	www.boston.com /business/articles/2005/03/08/british_airways_ceo_is_stepping_down (588 words)

	BITC - Rod Eddington of BA spends a morning in prison! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rod Eddington, Chief Executive, British Airways led a Seeing is Believing visit on the 14th May to Feltham Young Offenders Institution, where the group met the Deputy Governor, toured the prison and met offenders in the Ford Motor Mechanic Workshop and the Careers Work Shop.
		Rod Eddington said before the visit, âitâs a great honour for me to be a part of HRH Prince of Walesâs Seeing is Believing Programme.
		Rod agreed to host a lunch in the autumn, for the group to get together, again to discuss what practical action they have already taken and discuss ways in which the group maybe able to work together.
	www.bitc.org.uk /news/news_directory/14thmaysibnews.html (523 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business -- British Airways CEO stepping down, former Aer Lingus executive tapped for ...
		LONDON – British Airways PLC Chief Executive Rod Eddington is stepping down later this year and will be replaced by a former head of Irish carrier Aer Lingus who left that carrier amid a dispute with the government, British Airways said Tuesday.
		"Many commentators have rightly said that Rod Eddington will be a hard act to follow but I am completely confident that in Willie we have captured the very best person for the job," said BA chairman Martin Broughton.
		Eddington, who is Australian, has led BA through bumpy times since he joined the airline in May 2000.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/business/20050308-0741-britain-britishairways.html (510 words)

	CNN.com - BA facing long haul to recovery - February 13, 2002
		The announcement on Wednesday to cut 5,800 jobs -- which, on top of the 7,000 announced in the wake of September 11, brings job losses at BA to almost 25 percent of the workforce -- confirmed the worst fears of employees, unions and analysts.
		Eddington said: "The world in which we operate in is a much more competitive one and it's more competitive because the no-frills carries have become a real force in the short-haul network and our main competitors are much stronger.
		Eddington is adamant that BA will continue to be a full-service, network carrier.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/02/13/ba.future (865 words)

	BA BACKS EU EMISSIONS SCHEME (21 March 2005) :: e5 European Business Council for Sustainable Energy :: Climate is ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		British Airways chief Rod Eddington has backed the inclusion of the aviation sector in the European Union's emissions trading scheme as the best way for the industry to help tackle climate change.
		Eddington said airlines risked being hit with extra fuel tax unless they worked together on effective environmental strategies like carbon dioxide trading to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
		Eddington said the aviation industry should be covered by the scheme in its second phase (2008-2012).
	www.e5.org /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1798&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0&POSTNUKESID=9d1f399c3f29df54edad7e7d07600ab7 (324 words)

	BA appoints new CEO - Apr. 25, 2000
		LONDON (CNNfn) - British Airways on Tuesday appointed Australian Rod Eddington to replace ousted head Bob Ayling as chief executive in a bid to restore investor confidence in Europe's largest airline.
		&#160; Eddington, currently executive chairman of Australia's Ansett Australia, had been an early favorite to replace Ayling, who British Airways last month after a four-year reign characterized by labor strife, a controversial strategic refocus and a disastrous slide in its share price.
		Eddington is credited with returning Ansett to profitability after an expansion into international routes had left it nursing heavy losses.
	money.cnn.com /2000/04/25/europe/ba_ceo (406 words)

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