If you plan to jumpseat Jetblue today...
01-07-2014 | 02:55 PM
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Not at all. But, when management tells passengers "try again next week, as a standby" rather than run an extra section from MCO, it looks bad for our industry and has the potential to get some over eager regulators thinking about a new rule to prevent such abuse.
I figure "caveat emptor." Enjoy industry best the Live TV product & avoid outsourced RJ's, but know, if the stuff hits the fan, options are limited.
It is my personal opinion that the market response to Alaska Airlines is in part due to their alliances with Middle Eastern carriers. It is likely that Jet Blue will find itself in the crosshairs of Continental, American and to a lesser extent Delta ... not that they are really after Jet Blue, but rather as a respose to the threat posed by the revenue ravinous operations coming from the Middle East.
The hits just keep coming for my carrier as well. Last night the fuel valves through which flow the jet a for the Atlanta Airport froze shut somewhere under the ramp. World's busiest hub with nothing but a couple of trucks ... ugh oh.
I figure "caveat emptor." Enjoy industry best the Live TV product & avoid outsourced RJ's, but know, if the stuff hits the fan, options are limited.
It is my personal opinion that the market response to Alaska Airlines is in part due to their alliances with Middle Eastern carriers. It is likely that Jet Blue will find itself in the crosshairs of Continental, American and to a lesser extent Delta ... not that they are really after Jet Blue, but rather as a respose to the threat posed by the revenue ravinous operations coming from the Middle East.
The hits just keep coming for my carrier as well. Last night the fuel valves through which flow the jet a for the Atlanta Airport froze shut somewhere under the ramp. World's busiest hub with nothing but a couple of trucks ... ugh oh.
01-07-2014 | 02:56 PM
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01-07-2014 | 04:15 PM
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Just for LNL's entertainment, how about an AFA member? Professional?
Let's see:
-None of these 4 jobs mentioned require even a GED
-All require some amount of special training
-All have union / non-union opportunities
So, that brings us back to the hat.
Thanks for playing, you've been a great contestant!
01-07-2014 | 04:18 PM
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Reductio ad absurdum.
Just for LNL's entertainment, how about an AFA member? Professional?
Let's see:
-None of these 4 jobs mentioned require even a GED
-All require some amount of special training
-All have union / non-union opportunities
So, that brings us back to the hat.
Thanks for playing, you've been a great contestant!
Just for LNL's entertainment, how about an AFA member? Professional?
Let's see:
-None of these 4 jobs mentioned require even a GED
-All require some amount of special training
-All have union / non-union opportunities
So, that brings us back to the hat.
Thanks for playing, you've been a great contestant!
Classic.. JB pilot comparing himself and arguing that garbage men (aircraft cleaners) and FAs are professional... so, therefore so are we....
Can't make this up!
01-07-2014 | 04:32 PM
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Second, regarding garbage men, I refer you back to Reductio ad absurdum.
Third, (and I'll type really slow so you can keep up) It's YOUR assertion that union affiliation is what makes the professional - I disagree.
01-07-2014 | 04:34 PM
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From: 190 captain and “Pro-pilot”
01-07-2014 | 04:37 PM
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First off, I don't work for jetBlew, I'm a fully "professional", ALPAtized pilot.
Second, regarding garbage men, I refer you back to Reductio ad absurdum.
Third, (and I'll type really slow so you can keep up) It's YOUR assertion that union affiliation is what makes the professional - I disagree.
Second, regarding garbage men, I refer you back to Reductio ad absurdum.
Third, (and I'll type really slow so you can keep up) It's YOUR assertion that union affiliation is what makes the professional - I disagree.
He can't seem to get that last part through his professional head.
01-07-2014 | 05:17 PM
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First off, I don't work for jetBlew, I'm a fully "professional", ALPAtized pilot.
Second, regarding garbage men, I refer you back to Reductio ad absurdum.
Third, (and I'll type really slow so you can keep up) It's YOUR assertion that union affiliation is what makes the professional - I disagree.
Second, regarding garbage men, I refer you back to Reductio ad absurdum.
Third, (and I'll type really slow so you can keep up) It's YOUR assertion that union affiliation is what makes the professional - I disagree.
01-07-2014 | 05:49 PM
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