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Old Nov 25, 2011 | 6:15 pm
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Originally Posted by adamj023
I never said JetBlue got all the slots. Read what I said carefully:
I did. I even quoted it. You stated that since JetBlue doesn't fly to Canada that it is like they won all the slots. I think that's a rather crazy statement and without factual basis. So I replied as such.

Originally Posted by adamj023
JetBlue and WestJet are essentially the same type of carrier
No, they aren't.

Originally Posted by adamj023
So while yes it was Westjet and Jetblue, it was both low fare carriers with very similar parallels which received the LGA slots.
I only agree with the part where you have accurately named both carriers which won slots. The way WS and B6 behave is hardly "essentially the same".

Originally Posted by adamj023
Southwest still has the 28 pairs (I presume that is combined with the AirTran slots) for travel.
Correct.
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