

Not that his anointed heir needs it - Vanessa Hudson has been with Qantas for 28 years and spent the past few as chief financial officer, generally considered the second-in-command in most major firms.

Joyce isn't leaving until November, giving his successor a six-month transition. Speculation of Joyce's departure has persisted for years, and only become louder as his tenure dragged on well beyond the typical life span for the CEOs of Australia's biggest listed companies of around five years.Įarlier this year it became apparent 2023 would be his last at the airline's helm, and there was even coverage in the financial press of the interview process to anoint a successor. Rookie cop Robyn Slinger, alter ego �Toybox,� hits the streets for the first time along with a colorful crew of fellow officers, each having the required training to deal with science-villains and super-crimes, as well as the common misdemeanors of city life.It could turn out that Alan Joyce's exit as Qantas boss is the least turbulent time of his 15 years running Australia's flag carrier.Īs he wryly observed after the airline's full-year results in August: "I think I've had more resignation requests than any other CEO and probably any other public figure out there." Our own outpost of this network, Precinct Ten (known affectionately as Top 10), recruits its members from Neopolis and its environs, working much like Earth�s other police precincts, with one major exception: Like the citizens of the city, the officers of Top 10 have the abilities needed to deal with Neopolis�s exotic denizens. In 1985 the city accepted jurisdiction by a police force covering many alternate Earths, headquartered on the world known as Grand Central.

The massive, multilayered city of Neopolis, built shortly after World War II, was designed as a home for the expanding population of science-heroes, heroines and villains that had ballooned into existence in the previous decade.
