In a big internal interview, Antonoaldo spoke to Employees of his plans for TAP, his vision but also of his history and life.
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[Videos only available in Portuguese]
Why TAP?
“The first thing that attracted me to TAP, professionally, was the Company’s ability to aggregate value to a country.”
The relocation of the family to Portugal
“I had goose bumps. Portugal is a wonderful country, but relocating the family takes a lot of responsibility.”
Live and work in Portugal
“[I like to be able to] live in a place as beautiful and that reminds so much of my home town, that is Salvador.”
The Portuguese grandfather and the return to his roots
“He went to Brazil to try and have a better life and died without being able to afford returning to Portugal. Now, I work in an airline and I can go to Brazil all the time. These things in life have a huge symbolic meaning.”
The legacy of Fernando Pinto
“I think he saw in me a potential successor and has made a very soft transition.”
TAP’s Vision and Culture
“It is not possible to move people and motivate a group of 10 thousand Employees if in the center of it all we do not keep something much more than profit and results, which is the culture, above all, the reason we work here.”
TAP’s hub model and low cost
“To think that this Company can become low cost… whoever says that does not understand what is happening around them.”
Inclusive management, the importance of people and growth goals
“But, our goal is not growth. Our goal is to have a Company that is sustainable, that has a healthy growth. We are here to make people happy, to transport more clients, but also to have results that are sustainable and that allows us to pay the commitments that we have to pay.”
Finance the growth
“Once TAP goes public and start trading at Stock Markets, the amount of work will increase exponentially.”
The new structure
“My perception is that we need to work more between areas, and that was the first guideline that I have set when I thought about the new structure.”
Priorities: Clients, Employees and profitability
“I will spend a lot of time with TAP people to understand what is needed so that each one can have a better experience.”
One of the big goals: punctuality
“Our hub, to work, has to be punctual. Airlines that operate in hubs need to be punctual to ensure the largest number of connections possible.”
ME Brazil
“Fernando Pinto spent years answering that question and I hope to spend less years answering it. I hope that we are able to enter a journey of more accelerated restructuring more in TAP Maintenance Brazil.”
A commitments message
“You can count on a President that “wears the shirt” and is absolutely devoted to TAP”.