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...while the silver flight suits and the smiling press events and the ticker-tape parades belied that, they were hired for their unique understanding of the machines they flew and their hardheaded ability to coax the most from them. That was Schirra's gift. And if flipping off his boss was necessary to get his work done, well, he was happy to do that too. Kraft, 83, wound up respecting Schirra for that act of defiance. Schirra was happy to get that nod. But the fact was, the pilot in him really didn't need...
...Worth it? They deserve their compensation, but not free rein to make silly, expensive decisions, like building lavish sets they hardly use. Even the boss needs to hear the word no sometimes...
...last months as boss, Grinstein is focused overseas. He has five 777s on order for routes to Asia but is still considering Boeing's Dreamliner and the Airbus 380. In March 2008, Delta will start six daily nonstops out of Heathrow. And if the rest of the industry catches up with Delta, well, Grinstein did come out of retirement once before...
Kleinfeld and Hershman met in early December at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich, where the consultant sized up the Siemens boss. At one point during dinner, Hershman leaned forward and said, "Don't hire me if you've got a problem, because I'm going to find it, and if I feel misled or hindered, I will leave, and that won't be good for your company." Stirring the ice in his Diet Coke, Kleinfeld coolly replied, "I have nothing to hide...
...This is almost painfully clear in Tenet's new book, At the Center of the Storm, his memoir about his seven years as CIA boss currently excerpted on Time.com and in the upcoming issue of TIME magazine. The book - and Tenet's publicity tour interviews, including one with Time.com - has once again reignited all the old fights between Bush Administration neoconservatives and Republican internationalists - starting with 9/11 and continuing right through to the war in Iraq...