Yeah that’s just inviting an on the job injury, one which might not be converted because I highly doubt the airline sanctioned this. Call maintenance, let me know when the door is open and I’ll report.
Jump to postB6's 2021 costs (CASM) are roughly 41% higher than NK's, not adjusted for stage length. Adjusted for stage length and the gap is ever larger. No amount of synergies is going to make up that deficit. B6 is going to buy NK and then decimate the network, sell off what aircraft it doesn't need and give...
Jump to postThought I'd ask this here because we've got a bunch of accountants on this thread. How in the world can JetBlue get a bank(or someone) to lend them $3.6 billion dollars to buy another money losing airline when they (B6) are losing money? And sell it by saying they'll find some number of $ synergies...
Jump to postAlso the AA NEA deal would certainly have to go bye-bye to appease DOJ at the very least. The opposite. The NEA would be their northeast cornerstone stragegy, and Spirit assets would be used to reinforce it, quickly. The best news here is the Spirit fleet would be brought to B6 standards. Whether t...
Jump to postSome of the airlines really didn’t have a large change in net debt due to the government money. Jetblue for example has roughly the same net debt it had entering the pandemic.
Jump to postE190s will be out by 2026 Perhaps it's just me, but I always find it funny when people state so matter-of-factly when the E190s will be retired. JetBlue were planning to exit them from the fleet one-for-one as replacement A220s came on line. Then they were due to stay around in "batches."...
Jump to postChuska wrote:B6 switching to an A220-300 on JFK-ABQ on June 9. Must be ok for a high altitude (5352 ft) and long haul takeoff from ABQ. 13000 ft runway and temperatures in June for a midnight departure in the 80's.
Starting tomorrow, B6 is swapping from E190 to A223 on both EYW flights. Flights end for the season on 5/1 and pick back up on 10/30. This should be an interesting proof-of-concept with short runways for B6. If they can make a longer BOS/JFK-EYW work, I doubt BOS/JFK-ACK/MVY, JFK-HYA will have any ...
Jump to postStarting tomorrow, B6 is swapping from E190 to A223 on both EYW flights. Flights end for the season on 5/1 and pick back up on 10/30. This should be an interesting proof-of-concept with short runways for B6. If they can make a longer BOS/JFK-EYW work, I doubt BOS/JFK-ACK/MVY, JFK-HYA will have any ...
Jump to postI guess I am not surprised when I was flying around in Jan & Feb there were an awful lot of empty seats and it seemed like they had far more capacity than demand during low winter season. March seemed to have ramped up big a lot driven by spring break travel and a step function increase in corp...
Jump to postPaying down the big piles of accumulated debt will be a drag for years to come even if the revenue environment snaps back to normal which is unlikely for many airlines with international and business travel remaining challenged. Paying down big piles of debt doesn't have an effect on earnings, howe...
Jump to postPaying down the big piles of accumulated debt will be a drag for years to come even if the revenue environment snaps back to normal which is unlikely for many airlines with international and business travel remaining challenged. Paying down big piles of debt doesn't have an effect on earnings, howe...
Jump to postPaying down the big piles of accumulated debt will be a drag for years to come even if the revenue environment snaps back to normal which is unlikely for many airlines with international and business travel remaining challenged. Paying down big piles of debt doesn't have an effect on earnings, howe...
Jump to postWith jetBlue operating a diverse fleet of planes. THEORETICALLY could the MAX8 work in a B6 fleet? Jetblue doesn’t want to operate a diverse fleet of planes. It’s moving to 2 platforms, the a320 family and the A220 series. If there is no a220-500 then long term I wouldn’t be surprised to see the a3...
Jump to postare they gonna repaint the the special ones like fdny and nypd out of those liveries or something else? There could be one offs... but generally the A320 will be spot light, and they've never done a unique paint scheme on a non a320 except the 200th A/C which is an A321. Blueprint E190 Yes, and blu...
Jump to postBrianpr3 wrote:are they gonna repaint the the special ones like fdny and nypd out of those liveries or something else?
Lets assume the NK and F9 merger goes through...would this new merged carrier still be desiring these allocations given F9 just pulled out not too long ago? F9 has controlling interest so who really at the end of the day is viable to pick these up? What could B6 offer that they can't do from JFK lo...
Jump to postN323JB has been repainted into the A220 hops tail. As for tail standardization, it can be assumed that the 190s will be repainted into these colors for however long they’re around. They put the A220 tail on an A320? the 190’s being repainted have the blue bottom ride way higher on the fusulage than...
Jump to postActually, because of Boston’s weather, we’re going to Fort Lauderdale for a couple nights, so which tails are doing the following? 902 Sunday 718 Sunday Thanks again‼️ i maybe wrong, but investigation says those flights don't run on Sunday's They both are running. Especially given the weather this ...
Jump to postThis is what they were planning...... https://www.schenkelshultz.com/portfolio/oia-south-terminal-complex-master-plan/ https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.schenkelshultz.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F12%2FSchenkelShultz_OIASouthTerminalMasterPlan.jpg&f=1&no...
Jump to postJBcapecott wrote:I’m going to take a poll. Do any of you think B6 has enough Y200 321s in the fleet? 29 CEO + 16 NEO = 45
That makes JetBlue the largest A220 operator. I would think that at this point, they are just waiting on A220-500, which is the perfect A320 replacement. B6 hasn't taken delivery. How did those 100 E190s + 100 options turn out? Jetblue ordered a 100+100 before the first frame was delivered. Since t...
Jump to postOn a broad level, it's not a great look for the airline to change their mind about E90 so quickly after announcing it will be around past 2026. i guess the cost pressure of E90 was just getting too high and the issue with 5G was too much. The 220 is also slated for Phoenix beginning in March. Don’t...
Jump to postOn a broad level, it's not a great look for the airline to change their mind about E90 so quickly after announcing it will be around past 2026. i guess the cost pressure of E90 was just getting too high and the issue with 5G was too much. The 220 is also slated for Phoenix beginning in March. Don’t...
Jump to postCould it be illegal signal from ground? As someone else mentioned, it’s been like this for years. Fake or real (it’s 50/50) you often get the gasbag PAs erroneously transmitting on the frequency, which can lead to 1-2 minutes of ridicule, and the occasional student pilot telling everyone his patter...
Jump to postThe special qualification applies only to the route, so it would be flown by any 320 crew. Not entirely sure about the FA situation, obviously besides the 1 per 50 seat rule. Would probably depend on the level of service, which may or may not match the London routes. Jetblue has and does occasional...
Jump to postAlso interesting that they will be standardizing the tails based on fleet type, and only 5 tails will be around. If I’d guess… Spotlight -> A320 Balloons -> Core A321 Ribbons -> Mint a321 Streamers -> LR/XLR Hops -> A220 ????? -> E90 Where is this info from? It’s accurate. I’m not divulging how I g...
Jump to postAlso interesting that they will be standardizing the tails based on fleet type, and only 5 tails will be around. If I’d guess… Spotlight -> A320 Balloons -> Core A321 Ribbons -> Mint a321 Streamers -> LR/XLR Hops -> A220 ????? -> E90 Wow! Why are they getting rid of their og shades of blue tail?! T...
Jump to postWhen finished, they expect to have five tail designs across the fleet to make it easier for the Customers and Crewmembers to identify the plane they’re flying on. I’d hope they switch to the new ultraleather or even fabric…no idea if it’ll be light gray. I personally dislike the light gray in the n...
Jump to postAlso interesting that they will be standardizing the tails based on fleet type, and only 5 tails will be around.
If I’d guess…
Spotlight -> A320
Balloons -> Core A321
Ribbons -> Mint a321
Streamers -> LR/XLR
Hops -> A220
????? -> E90
Will the Terminal 1 Airtrain station be abandoned when the new T1 opens or will they continue using both stations? I haven’t seen the full rendering, but I’d imagine they’ll try to integrate both. If you look at the new terminal 6, both the current stop at terminal 5 and the terminal 7 stop will be...
Jump to postIf they utilize the swing gates to park two narrow bodies such as they do at terminal 4, looks to me like terminal 6 will have up to 21 new narrowbody parking positions or 12 wide body parking positions. That’s based off the 2020 render which looks to be the same as the 2021 announcement.
Jump to postWill the Terminal 1 Airtrain station be abandoned when the new T1 opens or will they continue using both stations? I haven’t seen the full rendering, but I’d imagine they’ll try to integrate both. If you look at the new terminal 6, both the current stop at terminal 5 and the terminal 7 stop will be...
Jump to postThis is going to be an MTA project, there are no specifics but I would imagine it would be DMU or Battery powered EMU vehicles. However I do think this would offer travelers a connection with the LGA Airtrain as I believe the consultants brought on board to review the LGA options will recommend the...
Jump to postInteresting development. Governor Hochul wants to proceed with the old interborough express line. Could this be a possible alternative for the LGA Airtrain situation? Is it possible to create a small branch line that connects the current CSX Fremont Secondary via the BQE / Grand Central Parkway tow...
Jump to postHow bizarre. What's the motive behind these measures? Are crew happy with this? Given widespread vaccination and increasing demand that's showing little sign of abating ( https://www.tsa.gov/coronavirus/passenger-throughput ) I'm genuinely curious as to what the rationale is. I know this has been d...
Jump to postcrownvic wrote:Thinking of TWA 800, could a large chunk of ice, say the size of a car engine falling from another aircraft hit an aircraft in such a way, that it could rupture a wing fuel tank? Highly unlikely, but is there any possibility?
Flights to the Dominican Republican are often crazy. This is next level but not really a shock As a pilot that flys to the Dominican Republic and Miami often, like sometime 3 times a week often, I can tell you that between the two, Miami customers tend to the brawling sort far more then the Dominic...
Jump to postThe standard A321CEO’s are starting to get painted with the balloon tail as well. 907 already wears it.
Jump to postGoing to T-1 is going to just kill UA on cost. Can you imagine how much those widebody gates and lounge space is going to cost in T1? Also keep in mind that DL is going to relocate all into T-4, so other carriers are going to have to move out of there. One World carriers will move to T-8. The rest ...
Jump to postIf the e90 sticks around and if the 11 a320s are all flying in 2023…. That’ll be one of the biggest fleet growth years in the companies history. ~25 A220 and ~15 A321 are a lot. I would not be surprised if there is an aircraft order in the next 12 month to top off the fleet growth and replacement pl...
Jump to postNot really random: N5##JB -N6##JB: A320 CLASSIC (Aircraft that were sold to BlueWings and came back came as JL/JT) N7##JB-N8##JB: A320 ENHANCED These delivered with the enhanced interior and Recaro seats. N9##[email protected]: A321 CEOs N2###J: A321NEO N4###J: A321NEOLR N1##JB-N3##JB: E190 N3###J: A220 It's not ...
Jump to postI noticed B6 has quite a few planes parked at Terminal B. Are they still using the MAT? Yes, BOS flights are using the MAT. Am I right in saying that will change next year when AA's LGA cuts come into force? It’ll change next year, probably when the rest of Concourse A gets completed. I would guess...
Jump to postEWR is a lot larger of a market. :checkmark: :checkmark: Exactly. Thank you. But do they capture the same passengers? what's the demographics? get my point here? size isnt everything ;-) I mean, there’s also a little airline in EWR that competes on these routes. I highly doubt you’ll see BDL-SEA/SA...
Jump to postCustomers overwhelmingly voted with their wallets and chose Acela over the last two decades. Easy to see why honestly, no airport hassle, downtown/centrally located stations, still runs during ATC and most weather events. I think it’s very difficult for the airlines to compete on NYC-DCA with Acela...
Jump to post“In December, American and JetBlue will offer lie-flat seats on all transcontinental routes from New York and Boston, offering the most lie-flat seats of any airlines for a premium travel experience from the Northeast.” I don’t see how this is possible. PDX, SJC, ONT, and BUR won’t have lie flats a...
Jump to post“In December, American and JetBlue will offer lie-flat seats on all transcontinental routes from New York and Boston, offering the most lie-flat seats of any airlines for a premium travel experience from the Northeast.” I don’t see how this is possible. PDX, SJC, ONT, and BUR won’t have lie flats as...
Jump to postApologies if this is a bit off topic, however how come the registrations go off in all random orders, and not consecutive order? Not really random: N5##JB -N6##JB: A320 CLASSIC (Aircraft that were sold to BlueWings and came back came as JL/JT) N7##JB-N8##JB: A320 ENHANCED These delivered with the e...
Jump to postCoworkers bringing their political views into the workplace and enforcing them on you is always a peeve. Shows either a lack of social skills or a lack of self control. Lots that I'd like to respond with but, fortunately or not, I'm well practiced at biting my tounge....and rolling my eyes. Have yo...
Jump to postNo, airline pilots are majority conservative. I’d say the percentage is a little less with the younger pilots, but they are still a vast majority conservative. Listen, like JFKLGANYC, I’m a NY based airline pilot. Even the pilots that live in and are based in NY trend overwhelmingly conservative. P...
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