Profile: Willie Walsh - Thriving on turbulence

The boss of British Airways owner IAG is navigating a testy pilots dispute, which grounded operations last week

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Age:57

Appearance: calm, clean-cut

Newsworthiness: the boss of British Airways owner IAG is navigating a testy pilots dispute, which grounded operations last week

Try to remember a bad dose of ‘Sunday fear’ – those few hours at the tail end of the weekend when panic sets in. Maybe there was a deadline looming at work or a tricky presentation first thing in the morning.

Willie Walsh would read the last paragraph and ...