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On 9/9/2002 2:37:25 PM Busdrvr wrote:
The JetBlue captain makes $6,800 a month.
Please tell me that's a misprint
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No, it's not a misprint. It's accurately reported obsolete information. Even then it's low-ball. Their source was Air Inc., which explains a lot. The correct figure is about $10000 a month for second year pay.
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Even lodgings for the crews in Oakland are different — United pilots’ hotel rooms cost $42 more a night on a walk-in basis.
Motel 6? UAL does pay significantly lower than the walkup rate.
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I think you nailed it. Nobody pays a walkup rate on a contract basis. We're staying at a decent midscale hotel in Oakland. Forgot the name. It seems like $42 is the difference in walkup rates between the two, but in actuality the difference is probably $20 or less for the contract rate, given United's superior buying power.
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The United flight had 23 empty seats out of 138. The carrier served a hot meal and showed a free movie. The JetBlue plane had 15 empty seats out of 162. No meal, just snacks. And JetBlue’s much-ballyhooed satellite-television system was on the fritz, a faux pas that prompted the airline to give the passengers $5 vouchers good for future travel.
There's the biggest diff. 115 pax on the UAL jet 147 on the JBlu jet. At the reported "average" ticket price of $166, that diff is $5,312. Plus add $8 per pax diff in Food cost. But hey, Jet Blu gave out $5 vouchers for the lack of entertainment on the 5 hour flight WHOO HOO!!. Don't spend it all in one place.
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LOL. Still, it's a decent gesture to actually credit you any amount for a missing freebie. When was the last time United credited all the passengers, without asking, when the IFE was out of service?