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Old 08-31-2011 | 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by etflies
Yeah, it certainly is, but todays hiring at an established carrier can quickly become tomorrow's furlough too. jetBlue was probably risky too when they started in an already saturated east coast market but they made it work, so why not these guys? The odds are against them but then again, maybe a slightly eccentric 90yr old billionaire founder is just the ticket to make the place work.
JetBlue had 150 of unrestricted cash before it started operation. The airline's business plan made sense on paper replacing the cheap Tower Air customers flying from NY area to Florida..

This airline has nothing like that working for them..
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