Wing and a prayer from man who broke the mould

A man with aviation fuel running through his veins, BA’s new chief executive Willie Walsh could fly before he could drive.

Wing and a prayer from man who broke the mould
Tue, 08 Mar, 2005 - 16:15

A man with aviation fuel running through his veins, BA’s new chief executive Willie Walsh could fly before he could drive.

Walsh, 43, joined Irish national airline, Aer Lingus, as a 17-year-old cadet pilot direct from secondary school in north Dublin in 1979.

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