The furore over Schiphol’s plans to cut slots to appease locals and quell noise, has led to some dissatisfaction over the appointment of ex-union firebrand Joost van Doesburg as head of cargo.
Mr van Doesburg has always been a passionate supporter of the causes he is employed to take up, which in part explains local shippers’ disappointment that the former employee of the European Shippers Council is not fighting their corner, as might have been expected.
But in fact, the problem may lie further up the chain: Mr van Doesburg may simply be a gun for hire and fighting exactly as he’s been appointed to do – as he has in previous jobs. Perhaps he is simply taking orders (although there may be easier ways to execute them than by falling out with colleagues).
