[jbernie]

I thought it was prudent of large companies to ensure they had a succession plan in place just in case something should happen to the current CEO. It isn't fun but they need to make sure business as usual should say the CEO have a heart attack or other life threatening medical event or the other unexpected events like a car crash etc.

That being said, generally people in the know don't go around telling everyone who those people are. Sounds like someone just got themselves a nice little red mark on their files.

While ever Ford is improving and they generally are Mulally is safe. With the market down turn he is probably safer, it is a very good time to force through some of the less pleasant changes.