Oh my.

The last founder of WestJet standing has announced that come September, he’ll be leaving his post as CEO. He’ll become the company’s executive chairman of the airline.

“I will continue to play a key role within WestJet as the company’s executive chairman by establishing and supporting the strategic direction of the company,” Beddoe said in a statement issued today.

Beddoe, who co-founded the airline in 1996, plans to hand over the job of CEO to current WestJet president Sean Durfy on Sept. 4

I wonder if this means Clive will be able to sneak in more time fly-fishing. In an interview we did with Beddoe a number of years ago in PlaneBusiness Banter, he seemed most happy when he was talking not about the airline — but about how he loved to fly fish — but that he didn’t get nearly enough time to pursue his love.

Being an airline CEO can tend to cut down on the fly-fishing time.

Here’s to more fly-fishing time for Clive as he moves more into a strategic position with the airline that he created, along with Don Bell, Mark Hill and Tim Morgan, in 1996.