They made difficult decisions. They negotiated, some with entire countries. We grew up handling people, so the human resources side is easy, said Allison, a former Marine fighter pilot and a Top Gun, a graduate of the Navy Fighter Weapons School in California. And we had to operate within a budget, so we are very good on the expense side and can make things pretty squeaky-clean. That s important to any business.
Business decisions have to be made wisely and military guys grew up with that.
Establishing the beachhead Austin, an infantry and operations officer in the Marines, was the first of the six to arrive in Charlotte, in 1986. Quickly, he found himself juggling a variety of responsibilities. One thing you develop in the military is tremendous flexibility, Austin said. It is the opposite of what people consider to be the stereotype - we handle a lot of different jobs. That is very applicable to what we do here.