Recent content by Jeff G

---------------- On 3/27/2003 3:49:25 AM motnot wrote: I've said it before and I'll say it now: What incentive does JBLU have for serving PHX? PHX already is a hub to the top two low-fare carriers. There's very limited potential in undercutting those two. Pricing below UAL and AMR can be...

---------------- On 2/22/2003 11:47:17 PM stewbear wrote: In a few years( I give it another 3) when the employess finally realize how hard they are working to make someone else rich you will find alpa,afa iam or amfa being called to bring fairness to the scene. ---------------- Make someone...

You know, I was just reviewing the back-and-forth on the value vs. price debate, some of which I started, and I was just thinking: does it really matter? This is a chicken-and-egg debate and ultimately unproveable. G4G5, you have some excellent points regarding what draws customers, but I have...

G4G5, Logging on for a short time again, so more brief words. You're right to a point but it doesn't fully explain what's been happening with JetBlue. We often don't have the lowest fare on our routes, and indeed often enjoy a fare premium. This with the highest loads in the business. It's...

I don't have a lot of time for this right now, so I'll be (mercifully) brief. ---------------- On 1/30/2003 4:31:40 PM Busdrvr wrote: Back in 1985, that was the rationale a few folks used at UAL. they got $75k first year pay, but you're ALPA, you know the rest of the story. It does not...

---------------- On 1/30/2003 2:04:04 PM Busdrvr wrote: It's amazing how whinny people get when you merely tell them that they need to be paid better. ---------------- You know, it's funny, but sometimes people would rather be paid less to work for a solid company than get paid the moon at...

LGB-SLC is probably part placeholder and part to get the res folks in SLC out of town on more than one flight per day. It sounds like LGB is continuing to take its intended shape: primarily lucrative long hauls. This will make 6 daily nonstops to JFK and 3 to IAD... so far.

---------------- On 12/7/2002 8:12:47 AM wts54 wrote: ... The assault on workers at United is the latest in a series of attacks by the Bush administration on airline workers. In February 2001, Bush banned a strike by Northwest Airlines mechanics. Last December he intervened to block a strike...

---------------- On 11/26/2002 8:04:20 PM Busdrvr wrote: We took off at 8:39 AM and climbed directly to FL410 after turning a bit. Uh, 410?! ---------------- He was probably looking at the altitude readout on the LiveTV map page. It's a GPS derived altitude, not barometric, and it can be...

Uh, what are you talking about?

---------------- On 11/8/2002 10:53:18 AM Busdrvr wrote: It's ironic that some of the lowest paying airline jobs have some of the highest requirements. ---------------- Not ironic. It's just that most of the lowest paying airline jobs haven't had the pleasure of being sued by the EEOC...

---------------- On 11/8/2002 7:06:12 AM KCFlyer wrote: But in any case, don't confuse "hours" with competance. If you're an idiot, no amount of hours will correct it. Don't close it just yet....I was kind of hoping for this kind of response, since you have often times cited the "issue" of...

---------------- On 11/7/2002 9:57:46 PM Busdrvr wrote: But in any case, don't confuse hours with competance. If you're an idiot, no amount of hours will correct it. ---------------- But in any case, don't confuse $$$$ with competance. If you're an idiot, no amount of pay will correct it...

In the quarterly earnings conference call, Neeleman indicated that he would add a flight sooner than expected. Also, he expects to add a fourth flight by next March. He didn't give any more detail than that.

---------------- On 11/6/2002 7:38:18 AM Rhino wrote: Actually, Jeff, it does help the bottom line. That FA of yours going to work who only gets there because he/she has access to the cockpit JS pays off. The FA gets to work on time. It also knocks down the wall with respect to the...