Boo yah! That and the race to the bottom thing.

 

 

Anybody know whats going on at JB? I just saw on the news they are suspending ops 5pm tonight, through 10am tmrw in BOS and all NY airports.. I've been on VAC, so I've been a bit out of touch. I didn't think the wx was that bad.. Mostly rain down in BOS and NY, some freezing rain up in my neck woods in NH.. Nothing extraordinary.

 

Same thing that happened in 2007. Apparently they didn't fix the problems and hoped it would never happen again.

Basically they lose track of all the crewmembers and have no idea where they are or if they are legal. In 2007 they even lost some airplanes. (There was a 320 in HOU for 3 days that they couldn't find) So what they do to fix it is shut everything down for 17 hours then they know that everyone is legal to fly and they can find out where they are. In 2007 they had people calling every crew member and writing in a paper notebook where crews were. They couldn't even rely on the hotel lists because after 4 days most crewmembers just went home on OAL's. They will blame it on bad weather and the new 117 rules when in reality they have horrible systems in place and even worse people managing the systems.

 

jetBlew spinning like a top. Gotta hand it to the public relations folks! Official melt-down reasons include:

1. Wx - it's just too darn cold to fly. The "POLAR VORTEX" is coming for us.
2. We are just as screwed up as the rest of the industry, in fact the other guys are worse, they over book.
3. FAR 117
4. Did we mention everybody is this screwed up?
5. Other guys don't have seats open for a week (guess they haven't heard of the Barbados debacle.)

Simply Washington worthy

Monday Operational Update

One thing is for sure, the beginning of 2014 sure hasn’t been kind to US aviation!
The new year began with the winter storm some called Hercules, is shutting down the heaviest trafficked air corridor in the world during one of the heaviest travel periods of the year. Mother Nature then followed that up with icing conditions over the weekend, causing even more issues and ground stops at the airports. Even as airports began to reopen though, newly launched FAA regulations on pilot duty times caused delayed flights to quickly turn into canceled ones. Now today, less than a week into the year, we’re watching a polar vortex wreak havoc on flight schedules across the industry, as rainy weather prepares to turn airports in the Northeast into ice rinks once again.
More than 3,000 flights across the industry have been cancelled today, and roughly 300 of those will be JetBlue’s. Beginning at 1 p.m. ET today, we’ll reduce operations at JFK, LaGuardia, Newark, and Boston through 10 a.m. ET Tuesday. At that time, we’ll gradually ramp up again – we intend to be 100% operational by 3 p.m. ET on Tuesday. This plan allows for 17 hours of rest for crews, and time for Tech Ops to service the aircraft.
These industry wide cancellations, on top of the previous days’ cancellations, have now left millions of air travelers displaced, struggling to find any available seat to get to their destinations. With planes already full with previously booked holiday travelers, remaining seats are quickly filled, (for some of the other guys, even overbooked), and some customers aren’t seeing available seats for nearly a week. If your flight has been canceled, you can rebook travel or request a refund online. More information on current travel alerts and fee waivers can be found on our Travel Alerts page. We also still request customers are encouraged to check the status of their flight online prior to leaving for the airport.
For our part, this isn’t the sort of operation we’re happy about, and have stood up every available resource throughout the last week to work with customers and adjust our schedules to minimize impact. While we have to reduce operations in our Northeast cities today, we’ll take the opportunity to use some of those planes and crews for extra sections between cities where we they’re most needed and move crews in preparation for starting back up on Tuesday. Our first priority is to support the operation and assist customers with immediate travel needs, but will be reaching out to any impacted customer we have contact information to offer compensation. Customers with specific questions on compensation are asked to contact our Customer Support team via jetblue.com.

 

We are good at something.

I will say and I was in Boston for most of this and our people did really well with what they had. Hats off to the fa's, gate agents, and rampers. The guys at the top not so much.

 

Funny people assume I am endeavor pilot.

 

I assumed English was not your first language (not that there's anything wrong with that).

 

I also assume you failed English.

 

That seems most likely based on the aim of most of your flame-bait. Which whipsaw contract carrier writes your check, if not?