Originally Posted by
JBLU421NYC
So my parents recently flew jetBlue from EWR-PBI RT and their flight was delayed by a couple of hours. When I did a little research this time slot (6:15p Dep) is consistently delayed by 30min or more, in fact I was hard pressed to find on-time departures for this flight. I understand that EWR itself has lots of delays, whenever I listen to the radio during the traffic report they always mention EWR arrival delays after about 5p. Could B6 do anything to remedy this situation at all? I mean my parents don't ever want to fly from EWR ever again after this last experience, they said they will take the hike to JFK from now on, but this EWR situation must adversely effect jetBlue's overall on-time performance stats right? Flights leaving in late afternoon, always being delayed, because of airport traffic, any idea what, if anything can be done?
What can Jetblue do? They operate, what, 20 flights a day, if that. Continental (including Express) operates the majority of the flights, so they realistically control the ops of EWR. There are no slots, so they can put in as many flights as they want. They will continue to throw 3 RJ's a day to Podunk USA and clutter the airspace. The airspace around NYC is a mess right now, and it will take government intervention to fix it. I live in northern Jersey, and the people around here are in an uproar that they are changing the flightpaths over Bergen County to put more planes in the area. Personally, I couldn't care less about the change. I already live under the approach to Teterboro, so it won't make that much of a difference. But this area is a huge catchment area for CO, so you know its their passengers who are saying "Get rid of these delays, this is ridiculous, blah, blah...What, you found a solution that can help? Alright. Wait, planes 2 miles high over my house? Not going to happen! I am going to fight this for years so no progress can be made! Hmmph!!"
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