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Old 02-22-2007 | 08:38 AM
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Dear JetBlue Customers,

We are sorry and embarrassed. But most of all, we are deeply sorry.

Last week was the worst operational week in JetBlue's seven year history. Following the severe winter ice storm in the Northeast, we subjected our customers to unacceptable delays, flight cancellations, lost baggage, and other major inconveniences. The storm disrupted the movement of aircraft, and, more importantly, disrupted the movement of JetBlue's pilot and inflight crewmembers who were depending on those planes to get them to the airports where they were scheduled to serve you. With the busy President's Day weekend upon us, rebooking opportunities were scarce and hold times at 1-800-JETBLUE were unacceptably long or not even available, further hindering our recovery efforts.

Words cannot express how truly sorry we are for the anxiety, frustration and inconvenience that we caused. This is especially saddening because JetBlue was founded on the promise of bringing humanity back to air travel and making the experience of flying happier and easier for everyone who chooses to fly with us. We know we failed to deliver on this promise last week.

We are committed to you, our valued customers, and are taking immediate corrective steps to regain your confidence in us. We have begun putting a comprehensive plan in place to provide better and more timely information to you, more tools and resources for our crewmembers and improved procedures for handling operational difficulties in the future. We are confident, as a result of these actions, that JetBlue will emerge as a more reliable and even more customer responsive airline than ever before.

Most importantly, we have published the JetBlue Airways Customer Bill of Rights—our official commitment to you of how we will handle operational interruptions going forward—including details of compensation. I have a video message to share with you about this industry leading action.

You deserved better—a lot better—from us last week. Nothing is more important than regaining your trust and all of us here hope you will give us the opportunity to welcome you onboard again soon and provide you the positive JetBlue Experience you have come to expect from us.


Sincerely,


David Neeleman
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JetBlue Airways




Got this in my inbox today. Here's a link to the Customer Bill of Rights:
http://www.jetblue.com/about/ourcomp...ce=ap_2promise
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Old 02-22-2007 | 10:04 AM
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That was a nice letter
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Old 02-22-2007 | 12:13 PM
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Wait until the "false imprisonment" suits get filed. Then you'll see some responsibility.
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Old 02-23-2007 | 01:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Velocipede
Wait until the "false imprisonment" suits get filed. Then you'll see some responsibility.

Wrong, it was called 'Holding PAX Hostage' in the always correct mass media.
By the way, did you know that all of us who worked during the meltdown will receive holiday pay? I was wondering where all the hostage ransom money would go - to us or the greedy Execs - or was that at my last airline?

Just brace for the impact after all you bozo legacy airlines will be forced by Congress to adopt a similar Bill of Rights which we implemented voluntary.
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Old 02-23-2007 | 08:04 AM
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Well, it has happened before.
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Old 02-23-2007 | 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Gman
Wrong, it was called 'Holding PAX Hostage' in the always correct mass media.
By the way, did you know that all of us who worked during the meltdown will receive holiday pay? I was wondering where all the hostage ransom money would go - to us or the greedy Execs - or was that at my last airline?

Just brace for the impact after all you bozo legacy airlines will be forced by Congress to adopt a similar Bill of Rights which we implemented voluntary.
Just curious. How much is "holiday pay" at JB?
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Old 02-23-2007 | 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by cma2407
Just curious. How much is "holiday pay" at JB?
Double hourly rate - wait you don't have holiday pay at your unionized airline?
Did someone forget to negotiate this?
Put a request in maybe you'll get an answer in about 5 years.
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Old 02-23-2007 | 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Gman
Did someone forget to negotiate this?.


I'm guessing they did.
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Old 02-23-2007 | 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by dckozak
I'm guessing they did.
You forget to mention that everything over 70 hours is paid at x 1.5 with the average JetBlue Pilot flying 82 h/month.
Selective information - always works in the media, too.
Nice try, try again.
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Old 02-23-2007 | 01:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Gman
You forget to mention that everything over 70 hours is paid at x 1.5 with the average JetBlue Pilot flying 82 h/month.
Selective information - always works in the media, too.
Nice try, try again.
Wow, that's around 250 bucks a month after tax. I stand corrected. Enjoy it.
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