Sure, I understand. The Europe flying is a multi-year project and my only point is it isn’t time to give up yet. I think what’s more relevant is revenue growth year over year. Plus with the intra-west flying ending and those resources available to JFK and BOS, plus eventually the GTF issue being re...
Jump to postMaybe one last chance to strike a deal with the DOJ, though now they have less leverage than they did.
Jump to postSo the HA and AS contracts don't require the merging of the seniority lists? OUCH. So alaska air group is going to whip saw these two airlines labor against each other and repaint fleets as necessary until a workgroup gives in and begs for their old planes and routes back. For this reason alone the ...
Jump to postLilj4425 wrote:But I want to go to NASA.
B6FLL954 wrote:frmrCapCadet wrote:santi319 wrote:
As I said earlier, I don't see a long future with JetBlue or Spirit as standalone carriers. Does the consumer truly win if B6 is absorbed into AA, UA or WN?
B6’s FA pay isn’t great, but it’s better than most regionals. Do you have data to support this claim? First year FA pay: JetBlue: $26.54, 70 hour guarantee. (from current contract) SkyWest: $28.16, 76 hour guarantee (SkyWest website) Endeavor: $25.08, 75 hour guarantee (Endeavor webite) Republic: “...
Jump to postSince people can now change and cancel their flights whenever, they need to oversell to account for that. Too many people canceling at the last minute.
Jump to post"nice" just means they are going to TRY to make up for all their lack of customer service with cheerful young flight attendants, but unlike 24 years ago with JetBlue, Neeleman is going to find it its a totally different world today with labor and young people can't be so easily hoodwinked ...
Jump to postGood, I'm glad they are delaying the stretch. Smaller capacity planes are more comfortable to travel in and get on and off of.
Jump to postA very simple question: Which of the following would have the greatest impact on competition? -Option 1: Spirit disappearing from DFW/DTW/IAH/etc? -Option 2: B6 disappearing from NYC? I would argue that NKs survival is more critical to ensuring competition than B6. If the DoJ and Judge ultimately c...
Jump to postI've always thought that was the way to go. AS/B6 makes far more sense than NK/B6, and you wouldn't have to make any kind of argument in court because there's practically 0 network overlap, apart from a few transcons. I've long advocated Alaska Air Group becoming the holding company for Hawaiian Ai...
Jump to postWas hoping JFK would be skipped over in favor of MCO for the new A220 base. Save those slots for the biggest aircraft at JFK while using the A220 to bring in vacationers from new locations to MCO direct.
Jump to postThe employer should have the right to set uniform and standards requirements for its employees. Employees that represent the company. So be it if the words “male” and “female” have to be removed to make it “acceptable.” Call it Version A (Skirt) and version B (Pant). Most people I find are supporti...
Jump to postYou know people are very quick to defend FAs. But i ask myself what would FAs on Qatar or Emirates do ? I would guess they would clean it up themselves. That too when the mother was 22 months pregnant. Unfortunately the FAs in our country are not up to par of those service standards. The key here b...
Jump to postI think the planes and crews would both be better off in other, more established, airlines hands.
Jump to postNo surprises there. I agree that the ground experience *might* [sometimes] [depending on the airport] be somewhat better with legacies, but the onboard experience is sadly almost exactly on a par. Yet I just LOVE how certain fellow Brits love to brag that they *don't fly FR* but do so on EZY, think...
Jump to postGalleys are very small so if you are a operator that offers J cabins and long haul, good luck. This plane requires more frequent catering stops than E190 or 320s.
Jump to postAssuming the deal is granted approval & closes, do you think we could see B6 incorporate NK's "Big Front Seat" concept into their Mint product (it'd be something I call 'Mini Mint')? This would allow the combined carrier to have an answer to the Big 3's domestic first class offering o...
Jump to postB6 FAs will be picketing B6 headquarters in New York on the 20th of this month, partly in response to this acquisition and B6 leadership not giving the union the right assurances. with B6 being the surviving carrier the other fa's will either have to join their Union or together find another Union ...
Jump to postB6 FAs will be picketing B6 headquarters in New York on the 20th of this month, partly in response to this acquisition and B6 leadership not giving the union the right assurances.
Jump to postThey definitely have the transcon range to pull that off Range is one thing. That’s a long flight with an A220 galley and lavs. Breeze will be starting PVD-LAX 2x weekly in May. JetBlue currently routes it on BOS-SLC-BOS and BOS-PHX-BOS. Red eye turns. Red eyes don't generate nearly the amount of t...
Jump to postWith F9 adding new routes out of MCO. Will we see B6 try to defend its turf? Not all the routes that F9 added would make sense for B6 to add but some might. Seeing how they are just announced crew vacancies for MCO and FLL that they want filled by April that are something insane like a 30 percent i...
Jump to postI don’t know of any crew that wouldn’t adjust their showtime/van for yvr-jfk if it’s running late. You have 6 hours notice to whether is coming on time or not and we adjust van times all the time, most especially for red-eyes. If its going to make you illegal and force another layover with extra pa...
Jump to postI'm surprised this thread does not have a few pages of complaints about the new C terminal in it yet. Airport authorities tried to be cute and put arrivals on the top floor, but its just a disaster. I wonder how many wheelchair pushers have already quit after a day of pushing large customers up four...
Jump to postI don't care if getting through TSA is a hour each way, SO LONG as that time is paid time and added to my duty day. And it better be if KCM goes away and is replaced by long screening lines. I think Amazon employees sued over this awhile back, being forced to go through long screenings before and af...
Jump to postJust curious, will this result in lay offs? I imagine the agents who were answering the phone will be working online now in the chat sessions. Are these agents even real Frontier employees or outsourced? Were they based in DEN? I imagine this will make it easy to export these jobs overseas as Front...
Jump to postWhy? The airport never seems full whenever I'm there.
Jump to postthe workspace of the crews. This was a total failure in the back galley of this plane. Who thought that placing bathrooms, directly in front of jumpseats, that cannot be opened by the customers unless the FA vacates the jumpseat first was a good idea? Not to mention there is not a single passengers...
Jump to postWith JetBlue due to receive 88 more A220’s, I think it would be a wise decision for them to get some of those ETOPS certified. That way, they could explore new transatlantic opportunities that may be too small (in passenger demand) for the A321LR’s. The A220 galleys cannot handle that. What is it? ...
Jump to postLooking at fares, the A220-300 offers 36 first class seats. Round trips on CVG-SFO in first are going for $400-500. That is crazy considering DL/AA/UA are charging $1300+ for basically the same service, with the only major differences being IFE/hot-meals on the US3 and non-stop on MX. It basically ...
Jump to postB6FLL954 wrote:JetBlue needs more aircraft like yesterday.
This case is not about royalty costs. Yes, it is. Royalty costs is exactly what the case is about - $8m a year. And $8M a year trademark rights fees will be pretty much a rounding error in Alaska's budgeting. They will end up settling this dispute. Good, hopefully they keep that same energy when it...
Jump to postYikes, seems like its not just front line employee new hires that took a standards hit
Jump to postDecember17 wrote:N316JB is the first 190 to leave the fleet. It flew to Pinal Park the other day and they had an email note about it.
Airbus needs to harmonize all the A220 creature features with the rest of its airbus fleet. Such a oddball plane.
Jump to postThere is no FAR limit for flight attendants for duty time unlike the pilots The pilots do have a limit on duty time flight time and minimum rest time Unfortunately the only thing the flight attendants got was a rule for minimum rest time. All of their other limits on duty time etc are contractual a...
Jump to postI was able to use terminal C today on arrival from LHR on BA, on international arrivals you have to collect your bags first and them pass thru border control, so basically if you are foreign and using MCO as your oort of entry you have to wait first for your bags and them wait for the line. I think...
Jump to postI don’t know how the FAA requires this while scheduling controllers to have 8 hours off Probably because controllers don't have fake-duty time added to the start and end of their shifts like waiting for a full plane to deplane, then waiting for wheelchairs to come, then waiting for the hotel van ,e...
Jump to postDoes a portion sit reserve in the satellite base or no?
Jump to postRumor has it the SFO base had the highest absenteeism rate (over 33%) in the system which is part of what caused the lack of supportability and need for the base closure. It's hard to make a small base work when a large percentage of trips are missed because the reserves just are not there to cover...
Jump to postThe only thing that I can see spurring on a widebody acquisition is to maximizing cargo and passenger revenue into slot controlled oversea airports, like Heathrow.
Jump to postThey have to offer token service to Hawaii, at least from LAX. Them entering Hawaii will hurt some of those others way more than entering hurts them. Especially AS, WN and HA itself. The first two can't compete with product and the last one does not have the network to fall back on to keep up the st...
Jump to postIt’s obvious that Colbalt has some inside information. I’d wager he probably works at B6. So to ask for internal union figures, that I guarantee any union worth it’s salt, would be hesitant to put out in public, leads me to believe that you don’t work for an airline. While the majority of us unders...
Jump to post2nd LGW - JFK is already bookable on Galileo GDS...showing aircraft as 32S. LHR - BOS will also start in November with 32Q so it looks like there will be more 32Q deliveries as B6 will have 4 32Q a day then to London. And cool that LGW gets the 2nd JFK ahead of LHR. The issue is though the 32S and ...
Jump to postDo you have the numbers to factually back up that “everyone” is trying to get out of the MINT program? Unless you can provide those numbers and information, that is a false and misleading statement. Why yes I do, the union has that info, but that can't be shared publicly. A major grievance will be ...
Jump to postFirst, they opened EWR as a crew base because they were losing FAs at a astounding rate because new hires could not afford the constant tolls and uber rides to EWR when they were based at JFK. The company had to resort to reimbursing FAs up to $100 for every time they were called to a EWR trip. That...
Jump to postjetBlue is now flying BOS-SMF-BOS with the 220. Too long, I think, to operate with a turn-around crew, so they must have a 22+ hour layover in SMF. Not very efficient, and no nearby replacement should a crew member get sick. . They have done flying like this for years, and all over. Let them get ri...
Jump to postSomeone post or link the video of Dave pleading with the pilots not to vote in the union.
Also, he is contesting this in court so it buys him more time where he wont' have to work on a contract and blame it on "pending litigation".
Spirit FAs are currently negotiating a new contract, so expect wage increases to continue.
Jump to postB6 will have to get widebodies for transatlantic eventually. You can't waste precious LHR slots and also miss out on all that cargo by using a 321. B6 would not have a staffing shortage if they paid a living wage. New hires cannot afford to live in NYC on $1800 a month, its just not possible. Issues...
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