Had hiring, staffing, training and retention been a slick and well-managed segment of HR rather than the mess it is now, outsourcing would not have been the bandaid fix it became several years ago. There is very little recourse now other than to suck the money out of the employee groups and further...
Jump to postYou bring up passes. Why? An industry-wide benefit for direct employees but typically unavailable to contracted labor - a non-event. While I agree that competent Ramp and Customer Service agents constitute a part of the backbone of airline operations, they are not the decision-makers during irregul...
Jump to post-Expeditiously and unceremoniously negotiate concessionary contracts with the Pilot and Flight Attendant group swiftly. -Outsource where financially beneficial and reduce employee headcount The FA's already have one of the worst and lowest-paid contracts in the entire industry. Even with their rece...
Jump to postVS11 - completely accurate. The Icahn effect and the Ichan "affect" will shape this corporate culture now and either get it into shape, or, leverage it out of business, plain and simple. If we're being honest, that's exactly what Jetblue needs. None of us should trust or be happy about Un...
Jump to postThe JetBlue talk was a little more than halfway through. That's from their Form 41 filing. The costs are way too low for Atlantic in there. Maybe this is how they have talked themselves into believing it...BUT management admitted Atlantic isn't doing well in a recent employee forum. I think it is q...
Jump to postNot only that but that poster who obviously has some solid information seems to think blue is on its way out and that the real plan was for Ben baldanza to make JetBlue into spirit. I asked him to move his stuff over here so we will see. It looks like he was involved in the merger. Then why wouldnt...
Jump to postWe have been having hurricane forced winds in this storm event, some areas exceeding 95mph. That's hardly a breeze. https://www.9news.com/article/weather/weather-colorado/high-fire-danger-colorado-wind/73-dedd3523-1c99-4024-b25e-5d4e19352ff2 Most hobbyist drones won't fly in winds even a third as s...
Jump to postSpacepope wrote:fireman0174 wrote:Drone?
In this wind? Please.
AA737-823 wrote:Definitely looks like an unlatched cowl event to me.
That's a pretty unusual location for an earthquake given that there are no faults anywhere nearby, it's pretty central at the North American plate. The closest fault would be the mid-Atlantic ridge which, as it's name suggests, is in the middle of the Atlantic halfway between Europe and North Ameri...
Jump to postBut what I see now is a C suite finally looking at leveraging their position and assets as a national niche carrier, and working to turn that into consistent profits, not a 5th major. Based on my experience with a similar type of carrier, I believe they are on the right track. Some customers will a...
Jump to postTerminalD wrote:Now that site is reporting JetBlue is telling pilots they will probably open an SJU crew base and expand there. https://twitter.com/Enilria6/status/1774138859338559803
Standby is a sign that something is very wrong and they don’t know their intentions. Of course, I have never flown a plane, Yep, I can tell. *Nobody* knows their intentions immediately after executing a go-around. There’s a shared mental model and a plan B, but it requires discussion, and only afte...
Jump to postI don’t know that there is a why? It’s kind of like how some JetBlue airplanes have the titles a little higher or a little lower, a little darker or a little lighter, with or without an R trademark circle…
Jump to postThe E190s and B6's fleet is part of its problem. How do you figure? It’s been in the fleet forever, there’s plenty of expertise and spare parts for it, the motors work and stay on the wing for their advertised life span, they make money and they can plug holes left when a GTF-powered airplane goes ...
Jump to postDid Porter somehow spin off their Dash 8 operations? I noticed they have a new callsign, “Dash Port,” which for weeks I thought was “dashboard.” Airlines typically don’t have 2 callsigns for the same pilot group…
Jump to postThere is an upshot here: if he really is a Riddle student, he just saved himself a whole boatload of college loan debt!
Jump to postFrontier just announced that they are going to offer a free empty middle seat on some flights. It sounds like Frontier is going after more of the business market now. If that takes off (pardon the pun), jetBlue is really going to need to step up it's game to survive. Even the ULCCs are beginning to...
Jump to postI’m not a conspiracy theorist, but the timing seems seriously suspect. Just days into testimony against Boeing…RIP. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68534703 The timing is not 'suspect', it's simply bad for the legal proceedings. It's only 'suspect' if his death were truly unexpected. 62 year-old ...
Jump to postTXMikeDC wrote:
Was NOT able to replicate it.
They are actually looking into “mint lite”. "Lite" anything doesn't sound like a premium product, rather cheap lipstick on a pig. I would hope JetBlue have a better marketing team than one which would use that term or the "Mint" brand on anything less than Mint. "Polaris Li...
Jump to postExactly right and very funny. Any time "normal people" start talking about airplanes I get apprehensive, but this piece was spot on.
Jump to postfastmover wrote:There is definitely a different tone since RH left and I hope it continues.
Eirules wrote:So in short, the pilots made a complete balls of it
Do not see how they can cut back on 'seat-back IFE, a long snack menu, good crew members (ground and flight), comfy seats, nice cabins' when their main competitor in BOS/NYC is Delta. DL now have all of these, plus better ops and network They can’t and won’t. But I do think each end of the “jetblue...
Jump to postLet’s get one thing straight. This is the real issue: **PW GTF engine problems causing grounded aircraft** There's only like 10 airplanes out of service. They're offering hundreds of VILS. The real issue is delivery problems. The GTF issues arent helping, but they're not the prime cause here. Addit...
Jump to postAnyone see the rumors on Twitter about Jetblue paying some pilots not to fly in March, or even talk of furloughs? JonNYC is retweeting some of this. They’re not rumors. Jetblue’s been offering incentive lines all year already; it isn’t just March. They staffed up for a bunch of airplanes that Airbu...
Jump to postThe departure of Marty St. George was a huge blow to the airline and bringing him back is the smartest thing Joanna could possibly have done from a management perspective. Marty is JetBlue and if the airline is going to be saved, he's going to be the reason. I was deeply unimpressed with Joanna as ...
Jump to postevank516 wrote:However, I can't see B6 being chosen if UA rebids. Their reputation in terms of on time performance is one of the worst. UA would be more reliable.
Presque Isle would be one heck of an oddball in the JetBlue network. They really must be strapped for cash to go after EAS…
Jump to postDecember17 wrote:I knew Gary Leff wrote that before even clicking on it. He is a sensationalist clown. The incentive lines are due to the PW engine issues.
It was just announced that his company is being given 2 seats on the board, and that his ownership cap is capped to 15%, no more than that. I've been unable to find that announcement. Please provide a link. Internally announced. It's also in the WSJ. I'm glad to see management headed him off with t...
Jump to postSoCalFlyer wrote:It was just announced that his company is being given 2 seats on the board, and that his ownership cap is capped to 15%, no more than that.
Before it was a lot of talk the board and the ceo need to have a real plan. I have to say, the airline seems more focused since Robin left. Which is weird, because I always thought the COO was a pretty bad COO… but maybe a bad COO can make a good CEO, especially when they appoint competent people b...
Jump to postI just flew BA, Lufthansa, and Norwegian domestically within Europe... they all had leather* seats. I've also flown Ryanair and Aer Lingus in the past... again, leather*. So, um, what?
*Or whatever.
The Icahn news is the catalyst that’s caught them off guard. It will be interesting to see if this squeeze has legs. Ugh, diamond hands to the moon, right? :roll: It’s not like JetBlue is some worthless company. They wouldn’t want an entire east coast network as well as Europe routes and take out o...
Jump to postI think we can all agree that when the rubber meets the road, JB’s employees are not of concern to Icahn. Of COURSE he doesn’t care about employees. The guy has more money than he or his kids could ever, ever need. He’s almost dead. And yet he’s still out there sharking, trying to make more money t...
Jump to postThere is just too much doom and gloom here. Despite his heavy airline baggage (pun intended), Icahn was also an investor in Apple. He did make $2b on his transaction but Apple is still here. Again, 10% alone is not enough to control the airline. Unless he signs on other investors, he won't be able ...
Jump to postA220HubandSpoke wrote:Keep Jetblue My Jetblue!
Planes are most often not repainted at will but whenever a C-/D-Check requires a new paint job. Why waste money on a perfectly good paint when the brand can wait? I thought that whenever a rebrand is involved, the repaint takes place at C/D checks. It would not explain why only 2 ( 3? ) frames have...
Jump to postAlaska are not still a niche regional carrier? There are wide swaths of the Americas where their brand is completely unknown. I promise you if you say “Alaska Airlines” in, like, the 40 states that make up the middle of the country and the south, everyone pictures a DC-3 on skis flying the bush som...
Jump to postBut when did ground stops for low ceilings become a thing? Ground stops for low cigs became a thing the day ground stops became a thing. It's extremely common. Low ceilings cut down on arrival rates for various reasons, including limiting simultaneous approaches, which in turn necessitates ground s...
Jump to postTack wrote:B6 can also begin offering WiFi paid for by sponsers.
Part of the issue is that sheer percentage volume that goes through JFK and BOS where delays are constant. Like any airline turns are down to the minute only working with everything being perfect. Enter weather and no wonder OTP is around 65%. And JetBlue just can't extend block and turn times (fin...
Jump to postRyanairGuru wrote:It’s not really “steady” though, unless you mean consistency in running a slow moving operational meltdown 365 days a year.
usflyer msp wrote:They should have gone external.
D L X wrote:Bending over backwards to tell a narrative about Boeing’s problems.
Robin said if the merger did not happen, wide bodies would happen sooner than if it did. It would be part of the moving on plan. Robin’s also not in charge anymore. If mgmt is actually serious about improving reliability, I’d have to think widebodies would take a little while. You can’t fill 300 se...
Jump to postI have heard rumors that the A220 fleet will be getting seats added to them. I sure hope so! Standing room only is something I’d expect to see first at Ryanair. :lol: Curious what you’ve heard though. I really wonder if they’re watching other airlines collect premium revenue up front and considerin...
Jump to postRight. Lots of arguments can be made. But JetBlue flying the a319 is not one of them in my opinion. Where are all these spare A319’s anyway? Jetblue is getting 100 A220’s and I’m hearing talk of picking up even more. Dumping 25 A220’s, cancelling the orders, and re-training all your crews to fly th...
Jump to postMikeer50 wrote:“Why do I feel like JB is going through the motions?”
Because they are.