Hong Kong, Sept. 12 -- Embraer Commercial Aircraft's new vice president for the Asia-Pacific, Raul Villaron, took up his post early last month, but so far he has not made it to Singapore. Instead, he is hitting the phone at all times of the day and night to speak to Asian customers from Amsterdam while he awaits visa approval for his new job. He believes it won't be happen until October.
Villaron, a mechanical engineer by training, applies the acronym V.U.C.A. - volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous - to the world of today. V.U.C.A.was created by the U.S. military to describe a war situation. The pandemic is bad, he said, but also it is an opportunity for airlines to review their strategies and fleet plans.
"Asian airlines have focus...