Originally Posted by
RWPrincess
Had they pulled an Air Canada and just sent an A320, the entire standby list could have been cleared on one flight. The plane was coming from NY so I don't want to hear that an A320 wasn't available--I've had them subbed for E190s many times. This is the type of forward thinking that just isn't the norm at JetBlue. They knew the flight the night before was cancelled and that the next night had the possibility of being cancelled. The ones in between were full. And they know what the standby list looks like in advance. Instead, it probably took a good 3-4 days to recover when it could have been done in one flight.
Jetblue doesn't have enough planes to be able to swap in a A320 at a moments notice. The whole system of route planning and maintenance planning is pretty complex and these things are locked in days in advance. So when swaps happen its more likely to have been happenstance rather than a strategic decision. I fly BOS-PIT semi often to visit family and I've had 320s swapped in on more than one occasion and the plane is half empty.