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Originally Posted by greatmovieistar (Post 3911813)

Of course it is his fault, UA is by far EWR's biggest user. Everybody knew about EWR's shortfalls but yet he continues to stuff more in there. This type of gross incompetence calls for an immediate resignation.

So United is going to **** its profitable hub in the system that literally prints money for the airline…. Yeah,… It’s a good thing you don’t run a airline…

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Originally Posted by greatmovieistar (Post 3911813)

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Originally Posted by MasterOfPuppets (Post 3911853)

a little history lesson for you. During COVID EWR replaced 22L/4R. United cut their flights by a huge number and guess who let JetBlue and Spirit add the exact number of flights United cut? That would be the FAA. So yes United added all their flights back (which still isnt the total number of flights pre COVID) but now that there are 100 additional flights due to a JetBlue mini hub that grew during the LAST runway replacement it’s an even bigger mess.

so yeah…..Kirby isn’t going to make the same mistake twice. This time he is going to get EWR slot controlled and force the airport to operate within its abilities and all airlines will be cutting flights not just United.

Puppets is right ……..I will only add that JetBlue actually decided to cut their mini hub back in half. From 56 Daily deps to 28 in September of 22. This was just 4 months after opening a base in EWR. Kind of sort of why I am at United now…..and not still at JetBlue
eeeeh anyway movie stars narrative just some up what I hear about people outside the New York area that just have no knowledge or awareness of how much money that hub brings in.

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Originally Posted by greatmovieistar (Post 3911799)

Question: Has Kirby offered his resignation yet for the mess he turned EWR into?

The American pilot has entered the chat

Was listening to one of my favorite aviation podcasts yesterday. They absolutely tore Kirby apart. Apparently, he tried blaming "lazy" ATC personnel for the issues at Newerk. lol, wtf is wrong with that guy? He needs better PR people because every time he opens up his mouth he inserts his foot into it.

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Originally Posted by greatmovieistar (Post 3912515)

You quoted one word. Please provide the entire quote, in context, where Kirby called Air Traffic Controllers lazy.

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Originally Posted by Duckdude (Post 3912521)

You quoted one word. Please provide the entire quote, in context, where Kirby called Air Traffic Controllers lazy.

Just telling you about what people think of your Dear Leader out there, don't shoot the messenger.

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Originally Posted by greatmovieistar (Post 3912523)

Just telling you about what people think of your Dear Leader out there, don't shoot the messenger.

I’d like to see that quote too. Can’t seem to find it on the internet.

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Originally Posted by greatmovieistar (Post 3912523)

Just telling you about what people think of your Dear Leader out there, don't shoot the messenger.

Wow dude, you've got a few issues.

guess it is not just ewr.

6-minute outage at Denver airport leaves 20 pilots in the lurch in latest terrifying flight snafu

https://nypost.com/2025/05/15/us-new...ifying-mishap/

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Originally Posted by greatmovieistar (Post 3912515)

Kirby and United are all smoke and mirrors. All of these “huge” announcements just for them to back down months later.