Originally Posted by bluebrother

yeah, i have a point to make...stop subscribing to your ALPA magazine..
First of all, WHERE did I say anything about ALPA or ANY union?
FNG stated his OPINION. Apparently by your tone, only YOUR opinion matters.

-the company will not reduce productivity to prevent IROPS. (it cost more in the long run) I'm no bean counter, but I know a cnx flight is amazingly expensive, not to mention public perception, stats, cascading downline effects, etc... Where the reliability/productivity break even point would be, I have no clue.
-pairing flight crews together does not affect pilots, it will only affect the top 10% of flight attendents. our pairings have almost been equal +- 1 or 2 hours for 3 and 4 day trips. thats a fact.
FNG made a plausable case for a method to increase schedule reliability. Do you have one, other than adding people? The company says they are training as fast as they can.
the main reasons for irops this summer is:
A. we are growing to fast for our facilities. Delay deliveries? B. wrong managers in critical positions. (they might be able to manage ops for 20 aircraft, but not with the amount we have now. Lop off some heads? C. understaffing for the summer months. i.e. pilots and F/A's (that doesnt mean to make more lines so every one can fly, it means having more reserves, i.e. equal ratio for lines/reserves year round.) Can we add people fast enough?

I have been here long enough to believe and have seen that when AL says he is going to try and fix the problem he will. To be fair, how would FNG know Al? I really can't remember any communications from Al since DB came aboard, except for maybe a fluffy intro of a new exec. (it doesnt mean he is going to stick it up our a**) which FNG is trying to promote. thats why i believe he is still very naive to the culture of jetblue.

if FNG believe's jetblue will not correct these problems with crew services and Flight ops due to costing money, then his ideology is getting the best of him. you see, it cost less in the long term to fix them now, instead of waiting (not paying to fix the problem) like UNITED, DELTA, US AIR, who are still losing money.