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Old 01-08-2019, 06:55 AM
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Originally Posted by UAL97 View Post
That's funny...I used to be a B6 instructor and now fly for UAL. I keep in touch with several instructors there and haven't heard anything along those lines.
The reason I said "rumor"

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Old 01-08-2019, 07:31 AM
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The reason I said "rumor"

Nothing is official until you hear it from a LHR van driver.
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Old 01-08-2019, 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by sonnycrockett View Post
The reason I said "rumor"

You’ve been doing to many South America trips with the flat earth flight attendant.😄
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We already have cabin cleaners. What does JetBlue have to offer?



Ouch LOL..


I don't commute so I don't really ride on JB, but do they require/expect jumpseaters to help clean or is that just an old rumor that won't die?
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Old 01-08-2019, 09:04 AM
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Can someone say newest Star Alliance partner! I can see that scenario being more likely, which would then evolve into a JV of some sort with some slot/gate trading down the road.
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Old 01-08-2019, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by sonnycrockett View Post
The reason I said "rumor"

Ah ok....so totally made up with no sources. Got it!
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Old 01-08-2019, 11:11 AM
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Flown with multiple captains who have undergone Charm school where all the big wigs commonly show up .. multiple times they have all said Jetblue isn’t happening , too much money and not enough to gain . Obvi anything that would be happening behind closed doors would be a major secret and privileged info .

That being said , they above is true until the day it isn’t , in which the pilot group will commonly be the last to know .
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Old 01-08-2019, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by pilotgolfer View Post
We already have cabin cleaners. What does JetBlue have to offer?
They voted in alpa and are dealing with a management that views/treats them as if they are flight attendants. Our IT, scheduling, and overall management (being incompetent) complaints aren't even in the same universe as those guys. They are in the trenches where many of us have been before and could be again. Funny but also not.
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Old 01-08-2019, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by sonnycrockett View Post
So new rumors floating around IAH Flight ops.....

Lots of "talk" about a B6 merger and that is what Kirby is referring to as far as "getting back into JFK"

Also heard from a B6 instructor that several UAL types in suits hanging around the MCO training/hotel/academy jETBLUE U.....

Since I am on a roll....

The best one of the week is the company (UAL) wants ALPA to pay for the Merger with some type of B Fund reduction/investment deal.
On that note they should get the gates in JFK and tell NJ to go pound sand with their targeted fuel tax. Probably gonna have to divest somewhere!
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Originally Posted by rightside02 View Post
Flown with multiple captains who have undergone Charm school where all the big wigs commonly show up .. multiple times they have all said Jetblue isn’t happening , too much money and not enough to gain . Obvi anything that would be happening behind closed doors would be a major secret and privileged info .

That being said , they above is true until the day it isn’t , in which the pilot group will commonly be the last to know .
When B6 came into existence, they were given a sweetheart deal for JFK gates by the NYNJ Port Authority (I think former NY Gov Pataki had a lot of involvement). IIRC, those sweetheart deals are automatically cancelled with change of ownership of B6. So there's likely nothing to buy except some heavily mortgaged planes.
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