>”We should not lose sight of the fact that but for government intervention this yard would no longer be open and nobody would be employed – right now there are more than 400 people employed in that shipyard and we intend to do everything we can to ensure it has a bright future.”
Literally the “pay them to dig holes and then fill them in” argument. Except in this case the holes are two completely unusable ferries, one of which just caught fire.
> Documents released under Freedom of Information laws suggested the initial cost of hiring Mr Hair for two to three months would be £2,850 per day “plus reasonable expenses”.
> Officials noted that they “can expect significant criticism of this remuneration package”, but said it was within industry standards and that there was “extreme urgency” around filling the post.
> In 2021 it was reported that Mr Hair’s annual pay had been £790,000, including fees and expenses.
> Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar questioned why the first minister thought it was right to pay Mr Hair a total of more than £2m – which he said meant Mr Hair “earned in just 11 days what the average Scot earns in a year”.
Good grief! On one man! Is he building them personally by hand?
> Current estimates say the two new CalMac ferries will be completed five years late, and could cost more than £250m – compared to an original price of £97m.
He cost more then 3% of the original budget for the *entire* project. Now thats a grift! Bet he’s laughing still.
So this guy was meant to be a turnaround director on a kings wage for three months.
He hung around and fleeced these idiots for two years!
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>”We should not lose sight of the fact that but for government intervention this yard would no longer be open and nobody would be employed – right now there are more than 400 people employed in that shipyard and we intend to do everything we can to ensure it has a bright future.”
Literally the “pay them to dig holes and then fill them in” argument. Except in this case the holes are two completely unusable ferries, one of which just caught fire.
> Documents released under Freedom of Information laws suggested the initial cost of hiring Mr Hair for two to three months would be £2,850 per day “plus reasonable expenses”.
> Officials noted that they “can expect significant criticism of this remuneration package”, but said it was within industry standards and that there was “extreme urgency” around filling the post.
> In 2021 it was reported that Mr Hair’s annual pay had been £790,000, including fees and expenses.
> Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar questioned why the first minister thought it was right to pay Mr Hair a total of more than £2m – which he said meant Mr Hair “earned in just 11 days what the average Scot earns in a year”.
Good grief! On one man! Is he building them personally by hand?
> Current estimates say the two new CalMac ferries will be completed five years late, and could cost more than £250m – compared to an original price of £97m.
He cost more then 3% of the original budget for the *entire* project. Now thats a grift! Bet he’s laughing still.
So this guy was meant to be a turnaround director on a kings wage for three months.
He hung around and fleeced these idiots for two years!