Jet to the Point: reflecting on JBLU’s week
07-31-2018, 04:27 PM
#21
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2008
Posts: 1,236
Originally Posted by aldonite7667
In 6 months we’ve managed to replace the interiors on 2 A320’s! That’s right.... 2. If that’s not ineffective leadership I don’t know what is.
Oh wait no, that was catering.
07-31-2018, 04:50 PM
#22
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2014
Position: fifi whisperer
Posts: 1,255
Originally Posted by rvr1800
We’ll just blame our “business partner”, who was the lowest bidder, because they pay their labor the least, labor who are all about to quit, creating a critical staffing situation, and we’ll have to hire the next lowest bidder, but that bidder doesn’t even own the equipment necessary to perform said task, and massive delays will ensue.
Oh wait no, that was catering.
Oh wait no, that was catering.
07-31-2018, 07:23 PM
#23
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: May 2013
Posts: 2,594
Originally Posted by AYLflyer
On time performance is a joke, and something that I have yet to see a real plan for. That's the big one that worries me. We can send out emails all day about diversity, but when it comes to operational performance I haven't heard a peep from the higher ups. The product can be great, but if we can't get people there then they won't be coming back.
Reserve grids are in the red across the board for the following month before a single block hour has even been flown. RSAs daily. Last week I actually received a phone call from scheduling, desperately asking if I'd be willing to help out and cover a flight. The best part? I had just finished my day, 3 legs and was about to get on the hotel van. They wanted us to add one more leg to our already long day because "You guys are the only ones we have left". I honestly don't even think it was legal because technically we were already dutied off as far as I remember.
When an already worked line holder is the only thing you have left at 6pm, then you have a serious issue.
Reserve grids are in the red across the board for the following month before a single block hour has even been flown. RSAs daily. Last week I actually received a phone call from scheduling, desperately asking if I'd be willing to help out and cover a flight. The best part? I had just finished my day, 3 legs and was about to get on the hotel van. They wanted us to add one more leg to our already long day because "You guys are the only ones we have left". I honestly don't even think it was legal because technically we were already dutied off as far as I remember.
When an already worked line holder is the only thing you have left at 6pm, then you have a serious issue.
Im a reserve and they called me 6 times on one of my 2 days off.
I went to see Antman.
07-31-2018, 08:18 PM
#24
Banned
Joined APC: Apr 2011
Posts: 1,473
Originally Posted by Bozo the pilot
Love these stories. They give us bottom shelf profit sharing, they get bottom shelf GAS meter.
Im a reserve and they called me 6 times on one of my 2 days off.
I went to see Antman.
Im a reserve and they called me 6 times on one of my 2 days off.
I went to see Antman.
07-31-2018, 08:45 PM
#25
Line holder
Joined APC: Nov 2013
Position: On the bus,seat 0A
Posts: 3,228
Originally Posted by Bozo the pilot
Love these stories. They give us bottom shelf profit sharing, they get bottom shelf GAS meter.
Im a reserve and they called me 6 times on one of my 2 days off.
I went to see Antman.
Im a reserve and they called me 6 times on one of my 2 days off.
I went to see Antman.
07-31-2018, 11:49 PM
#26
Line Holder
Joined APC: Jun 2015
Posts: 94
Originally Posted by symbian simian
Come to NK, I’m out sick, have all my work days marked sick on my schedule till end of August, get called every block of days off for junior assignments.....
I can top that...I've been "unsuspended" by a regional (no longer in business) so I could be junior manned. They also suspended me another time, but broke it up into segments on my days off. Why did I keep getting suspended? I kept telling them to F themselves when they tried to junior man me.
08-01-2018, 06:12 AM
#27
The REAL Bluedriver
Joined APC: Sep 2011
Position: Airbus Capt
Posts: 6,887
Originally Posted by crash312
I can top that...I've been "unsuspended" by a regional (no longer in business) so I could be junior manned. They also suspended me another time, but broke it up into segments on my days off. Why did I keep getting suspended? I kept telling them to F themselves when they tried to junior man me.
08-01-2018, 08:21 AM
#28
Line holder
Joined APC: Nov 2013
Position: On the bus,seat 0A
Posts: 3,228
Originally Posted by crash312
I can top that...I've been "unsuspended" by a regional (no longer in business) so I could be junior manned. They also suspended me another time, but broke it up into segments on my days off. Why did I keep getting suspended? I kept telling them to F themselves when they tried to junior man me.
08-01-2018, 09:05 AM
#29
The REAL Bluedriver
Joined APC: Sep 2011
Position: Airbus Capt
Posts: 6,887
Originally Posted by crash312
I can top that...I've been "unsuspended" by a regional (no longer in business) so I could be junior manned. They also suspended me another time, but broke it up into segments on my days off. Why did I keep getting suspended? I kept telling them to F themselves when they tried to junior man me.
Nope, it was screw-services calling to junior assign me. I told them that I had been drinking adult beverages (which was true) and they still made my say I was refusing the flight. I had to have a meeting with the chief pilot, even though I was illegal for the assignment.
If it ever happens again, I will make them say on a recoreded line that they are assigning this flight to a pilot who has declared I have been drinking adult beverages. Which, is actually what I said in the first place, on a recorded line...
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