I honestly don't know where this argument came from or where it is going. I don't think that because you vote for a strike you hate your job. Please refer to my previous post. I don't think you and I disagree here.

 

Puppyz,
you bring up a good point-the view of the passenger - we call them customers. Over Thanksgiving not one flight went by without at least one new customer telling me after landing that they will never fly on any other airline again. It takes just one flight on JetBlue to turn people into believers.
Just imagine sitting in line at JFK at 6 pm for one hour prior to departure and NOT having a TV in front of you.
Those poor souls.
This my friends is the reason why we will kick your unionized butts...

 

Your "insight" is just another reason to keep you and your scab buddies off the jumpseat. If only one of you misses a flight because you couldn't commute, its worth it.

 

My god, they might actually have to read a book or something!

The horror.

The fact that they are even in NY ought to be punishment enough.

FJ

 

I likely had the most dramatic contrast in experience possible as a passenger/customer some months ago. In an effort to get home after an around the world twice trip I depositioned from DXB (Dubai) to OAK (Oakland) in one day to make a family vacation. First leg was business class on Emirates, not even first class mind you. The business class lounge in DXB was incredible, with an incredible array of appetizers, sandwiches, smoked salmon, made to order omlettles, a huge open bar, espresso and comfy leather chairs for anyone who wanted one, free phone calls to anywhere in the world and several 20" Imacs with a high speed connection. The seats on the A340-500 had at least 3 feet of legroom, and each seat had a 20 inch TV with 500 channels of programming, video games and live email (all included). The service was unmatched with real china and glassware, and food that would rival several four star restaurants (for example a ceasar salad tossed seat side). For those who chose to drink there was an incredible wine list including Dom Perignon poured on demand and ten different beers from around the world. They had an espresso machine on board and would bring you fresh fruit or most anything else you could imagine on demand with a smile. While it was over 15 hours DXB-JFK I couldn't imagine it being any more classy and comfortable. Then I got to JFK for the JFK-OAK leg on Jet Blue.

The JFK terminal was the most disgusting, run down dump I have seen in my 25 years in avaition, and I've seen some major dumps. There was garbage littering the entire area, the carpet was severely stained and I actually stuck to it several times slogging around the obnoxious New Yorkers who looked and smelled about as bad as the carpet. There was the typical array of overpriced crap for sale and there was nowhere to actually sit and eat it. The WiFi was intermittant at best and the thermostat had to have been set to over 85 degrees to save money I suppose (I guess they didn't save enough on pilot salaries). The third worlders with attitude (isn't that a hip-hop band?) working the gates were surly and clearly not happy to be at work. It was severe clear and we were one hour late for no obvious reason, and it was oversold by 15 seats to boot. After shoe-horning myself into a window seat (which I was thankful for considering the Jabba the hut on the isle) we finally got under way. My particular miniscule TV was on the blink so I got to watch whatever the poor guy in the middle seat was watching the whole 6:30 leg (God those Yugos are slow). I mercifilly passed out until 1:20 into the flight when the first beverage service happened (I asked my seat mate if I had missed the first one...he laughed, "this is the first one". They only had two soft drink selections (catering problems at JFK) and they tossed out little box lunches with some junk food. Two and a half hours later they had the second and final beverage service on a flight longer than SFO-HNL, this time with only one beverage choice (there was no bottled water left) and one of the lavs began to overflow in the back...nice touch.

I managed to pass out for the remainder of the flight until awakened by one of the worst landings I have ever endured since being a flight instructor. Then one of the main tires failed on taxi onto the ramp. Fortunately they were close enough for us to deplane via roll up stairs...forty five minutes later.

While Emirates and Jet Blue are clearly (duh) different products, I can't imagine two more different overall experiences in getting from A to B.

So yeah dude, everybody else had better watch out. As for me, if I ever do that trip again, I'll suffer on one of those soon to be run out of business by Jet Blue wannabees.

 

I'm sure there have been plenty of bad experiences with every airline. I'm only sharing my experience with jetblue. I've flown 8 round trip flights out of JFK on jetblue. All of the landings were great (their usually great on any airline though) and the flights were on time. I can't say I had any bad experiences on any of those flights. I cannot say the same for the other carriers I've been on. The jblue crews always seemed happy to be working, and the captains often make a few jokes on the intercom. It makes for a nice atmosphere and overall good experience. I really enjoyed that experience as a passenger and would be happy to fly jetblue again.

 

There's a pretty high illiteracy rate among B6 passengers.

 

So now you are insulting B6 passengers. Who is next? Airbus for selling them aircraft?

 

You mean the Eurotrash Company that incentivizes Airlines by basicly giving them free leases for the first 5 years? OK, how's that?

 

if your company is so great get your pay up and stop undercutting everyone. the customers will continue to fly with you even if your ticket prices go up. (if they really mean what they say about not changing airlines) once that happens you can pound your chest all that you want, until then all you've done is undercut your competition.