Originally Posted by
greatmovieistar
Of course it is his fault, UA is by far EWR's biggest user. Everybody knew about EWR's shortfalls but yet he continues to stuff more in there. This type of gross incompetence calls for an immediate resignation.
Originally Posted by
MasterOfPuppets
a little history lesson for you. During COVID EWR replaced 22L/4R. United cut their flights by a huge number and guess who let JetBlue and Spirit add the exact number of flights United cut? That would be the FAA. So yes United added all their flights back (which still isnt the total number of flights pre COVID) but now that there are 100 additional flights due to a JetBlue mini hub that grew during the LAST runway replacement it’s an even bigger mess.
so yeah…..Kirby isn’t going to make the same mistake twice. This time he is going to get EWR slot controlled and force the airport to operate within its abilities and all airlines will be cutting flights not just United.
Puppets is right ……..I will only add that JetBlue actually decided to cut their mini hub back in half. From 56 Daily deps to 28 in September of 22. This was just 4 months after opening a base in EWR. Kind of sort of why I am at United now…..and not still at JetBlue
eeeeh anyway movie stars narrative just some up what I hear about people outside the New York area that just have no knowledge or awareness of how much money that hub brings in.