Originally Posted by
Bluedriver
It's not about any of that. Guys have been expressing concerns for days about JB having AA do all it's international flying outside the Caribbean, and then here we are the day before voting opens with a puff piece reinforcing organic transatlantic.
Some say it's been an open secret for months. I agree. But they didn't announce it 3 weeks ago, or a week after vote closes. They announce the day before voting opens on a TA that many fear would have AA do all JB international flying.
Or we can talk about seats and food if you want?
I don't think it's coincidental. Almost nothing ever is when 100's of millions of dollars are on the line.
That being said, I believe that JetBlue has full interest in continuing to open up new routes in Europe and expand as previously discussed and projected. I believe that's still what they want to do, and that's what this new product is specifically created for, disrupting the TA market and making money.
The language for the international flying is a double-edged sword as it is written. What no one seems to either see, or discuss, isn't that we are going to potentially lose all our international flying (personally I don't think we will), but that
we can place our B6 code on all of AA's flying. That's the key, what they want, at least right now. This allows through bookings on B6 from BlueCities that we already have a client base, who can book on us through to all of AAs international destinations out of BOS, JFK and EWR. That's why in the language. Not so we can lose South America and never fly to Europe. Flying to Europe on JB metal in our new, fancy A321s makes much more sense for B6.
Now that all said, I don't think the language is as tight as it could be. And yes, it does, as I see it, allow for some of what people are concerned with. And even if I don't think that's JBs intention, I will vote NO until the language is clearer and firmer.
Especially considering it's for over a decade.