JetBlue Stranded a Group of Passangers In Barbados, May Not Get Them Home For a Week
Jan 3, 2014, 6:59 pm
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JetBlue Stranded a Group of Passangers In Barbados, May Not Get Them Home For a Week
Oops? With the weather causing all sorts of flight delays and cancellations, passengers are having issues getting to or returning from their travel destinations. JetBlue's Barbados <-> NYC route is serviced only by one A321 and it's booked full for days, so some passengers who were unlucky enough to have their earlier flights canceled are being rebooked for flights that leave in a week.
http://www.businessinsider.com/jetbl...bermuda-2014-1
Personally, I could use a week in Barbados.
http://www.businessinsider.com/jetbl...bermuda-2014-1
Personally, I could use a week in Barbados.
Jan 3, 2014, 7:18 pm
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JetBlue has no aircraft that seats 120. This article reeks of poor research.
In the JetBlue configuration:
E-190 - 100 seats
A320 - 150 seats
A321 - 190 seats
A321 with Mint - 159 seats
In the JetBlue configuration:
E-190 - 100 seats
A320 - 150 seats
A321 - 190 seats
A321 with Mint - 159 seats
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Jan 3, 2014, 7:36 pm
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BI rarely produces an original piece that isn't rife with false statements and/or poor research.
Jan 3, 2014, 8:17 pm
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BI demonstrated their fantastic quality with this http://www.businessinsider.com/samsu...#ixzz2pLOYFJCG piece
That new chip? It is a memory chip.
The new chip will also be a chance for Samsung to make a phone that's faster than the iPhone 5S.
Jan 3, 2014, 9:30 pm
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BI demonstrated their fantastic quality with this http://www.businessinsider.com/samsu...#ixzz2pLOYFJCG piece
That new chip? It is a memory chip.
That new chip? It is a memory chip.
And if the access time of the memory chip has reduced, this too will improve performance.
Jan 3, 2014, 11:22 pm
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Jan 4, 2014, 2:03 am
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WOW.. Jet blue again!
I thought the FA popping the slide with 2 beers took the cake.
2 words... JET BLUE. Or three words "The friendly sky's".
Happy 2014!
I thought the FA popping the slide with 2 beers took the cake.
2 words... JET BLUE. Or three words "The friendly sky's".
Happy 2014!
Jan 4, 2014, 2:13 am
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Perhaps this group should call AAA for assistance. GIT ME HOME!, via boat, balloon, rickshaw, tuk-tuk, zip-line, train, subway, horse, tricycle, or skateboard. Whatever. I'm with Jet Blue on this one.
Jan 4, 2014, 6:45 am
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In addition to the newly enacted tarmac rule, there should be a similar rule for something like this. JetBlue should be fined an incredible sum of money for this.
Jan 4, 2014, 6:48 am
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is this right? JetBlue is losing nearly 41 seats to start service with Mint cabin? What in the world were they thinking? I wonder how long it will be until they remove Mint to add the 41 extra coach seats they could have? I give it a year...
Jan 4, 2014, 7:26 am
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Weather warnings
I fail to see any humor in this. There will added expenses, which could total in the thousands of $$$'s, hotels will be booked so there will be no availability, people have jobs to get back to, kids have school to get back to...POOR JOB by jetblue. Just absolutely terrible. One reason I will never fly them. Horrendous storm recovery abilities with the # and type of aircraft they have. In addition to the newly enacted tarmac rule, there should be a similar rule for something like this. JetBlue should be fined an incredible sum of money for this.
In addition to the newly enacted tarmac rule, there should be a similar rule for something like this. JetBlue should be fined an incredible sum of money for this.BGI and then the flight would not have been canceled. You cannot have it both ways.
Jan 4, 2014, 8:53 am
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When one sees a warning about weather on the day they need to fly, proactively trying to change their plans to meet the needs. One guy did this and was able to get home a day early. Assuming their is internet available, one could have seen that B6 had no or minimal availability on future flights and then tried to figure out what is best for them. The AA flights are also completely booked until Thursday. (I checked online). Airlines do not have the spare capacity to bring in an extra plane these days. With internet access it is easy to figure out creative solutions (even if it meant paying to fly to SXM or (UVF (St lucia (which has B6 availability)) and then take a B6 flight from there). If you do not like B6 then don't fly them. If you let them keep the plane on the tarmac for 3 hours on Friday, it would have gotten to
BGI and then the flight would not have been canceled. You cannot have it both ways.
BGI and then the flight would not have been canceled. You cannot have it both ways.
I can tell you that LCCs like B6 and WN have far more issues during these events due to lack of interline and ticketing agreements which ends up really messing up their system when a storm shuts down New York or Boston. Legacy airlines like Delta may cancel a flight one day but they will have an extra section the next day as well as rebook on AA, UA and US to make sure to not strand any passengers for more than a day or two depending on the severity of the storm. A great example was the week of Christmas when St Lucia was closed due to the airport flooding. DL sent extra sections in the day the airport opened to make sure to get everyone out of there.
Is B6 fleet utilization really to the point where they couldn't have an overnight extra section when a plane may have just been sitting at an airport overnight not being used? Seems pretty bad to leave 190 passengers for a week with no options home. I would hope they are doing something for those people because any average traveler would not be expecting their return flight to be canceled. Most leisure travelers take maybe one or two trips a year and you expect them to think that they won't be able to take their purchased flight AND won't have options to leave for a week? What a joke
