Originally Posted by
TWA Fan 1
No question that JBLU is maturing and becoming more like a legacy. Perhaps that is an inevitable feature of flying so much long-haul Remember WN's real ace is that it flies so much higher RASM short haul.
EXACTLY!
You recognize it, I recognize it (and every airline analyist realizes it) - too bad Neeleman lost sight of that. The guy sells a small airline to WN for a fortune, stays on the payroll (via his noncompete) and then tries to start
WN v2.0.
Problem is, he didn't learn anything from WN. Instead of slow, responsible growth, he charts the opposite course.
Instead of a single fleet type, he violates the cardinal KISS rule of WN and buys the problematic 190s. Numerous posts can be found in the FT archives predicting the recent near-death experience and attributing it to the failed decision to order the second fleet type.
Instead of strategically grabbing only those high yields on short-haul routes, he turns B6 into a transcon and Florida-vacationer airline.
Maybe Barger can fix it. If I were in charge? When the stock price hit $4.30 the other day, I'd have filed a Ch 11 petition to correct the 190 mistake.