Actually, JetBlue DOES have balloon payments on our 320's.

If you were around 18-24 months ago, you might still have a copy of BluePrint (the employee magazine back when it was 'pilots only') that included the article from Dave and David that explained our aircraft financing. Ironically, the article was intended to disprove the rumor that we receive our aircraft for ‘free.’ If only the 'free airplane' rumor was true now!