Jentayu Danaraksa, the MAS Bill & saving 6,000 jobs

By Stephanie Jacob

Jentayu Danaraksa MAS Issue inside story banner

In this three-part series of articles, KiniBiz looks at efforts to revive MAS’ fortunes by it’s first CEO. As chairman of Jentayu Danaraksa, Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman is proposing what he thinks is a better plan to rescue MAS. In the first part of an interview with KiniBiz, Aziz explains what Jentayu’s plan is. In the second part Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman talks about what he thinks went wrong for MAS, where he disagrees with Khazanah’s 12-step plan, and why he believes that MAS’ employees always end up as the scapegoats. Finally, Tiger looks at Christoph Mueller, the CEO-designate for Malaysia Airlines.

Issues
#1

Jentayu Danaraksa’s MAS rescue plan

Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman was CEO of MAS from 1981 to late 1991. After more than two decades of watching MAS flounder, Aziz is no longer willing to sit on the sidelines. As chairman of Jentayu ...
#2

What went wrong at MAS

In this second part of our interview with former MAS CEO Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman, he talks about what he thinks went wrong for MAS, where he disagrees with Khazanah’s 12-step plan, and why he ...
#3

Is Christoph Mueller the right man for MAS?

Khazanah has settled on Christoph Mueller as its CEO-designate for Malaysia Airlines. And although Tiger frowns on criticising his appointment merely because he is a foreigner, there are several ...