Hello jetBlue experts!

I'm currently deciding between jetBlue and United for my next roundtrip between SFO and BOS. The last time I took B6 for this route I found the cabin temperature uncomfortably warm -- on both flights. I was seated in the middle of the cabin (around row 14, if I remember correctly), and I do believe it felt a bit cooler towards the back of the cabin. There is text on the jetBlue website stating that cabin temperature is kept at 74 degrees F, which just seems excessively warm (at least for me).

Does anyone else have experience with cabin temperatures on the jetBlue 320?

There are plenty of reasons I'd like to make the switch from the merged UA, but this issue has kept me on UA for the time being...

Thanks for your insight.

The temperature has never bothered me-- I use the fans and the complimentary drinks to keep me cool, but have never noticed an excessively hot plane on JetBlue, while I have on other airlines. What does United keep theirs at?

Ambient temp...saving towards that $2 billion target.

I actually find it chilly on JB flights. I bring a sweatshirt/hoodie. Summer flights.

"My temperature tends to run a few degrees higher than normal"

Kathleen Turner
Body Heat
1981

I would think that cabin temperature is more of a "plane by plane" thing than a set standard. Personally, I wouldn't book one airline over another based on what I think the cabin temperature is.

The temp can vary based on a wide range of factors, outside temp, time of day, location on the aircraft and type of aircraft.

On the 320 flights during the day I try to have the flight deck set it around 72. That's usually a nice comfortable temp for most of the customers. At night I try to have it set around 74 because there is no sun heating the cabin and hardly anybody is moving around and because they are all still and sleeping they are generating less body heat. The first 2 rows tend to be a bit colder because the seal around the boarding door gets worn from all the openings and closings it goes through in a day. Last night I set 2 bottles of water by the boarding door during flight and within 30 minutes they were frozen solid. On the 500 and 600 tails the cabin temperature is set by the flight deck so we have to inform them of any changes that we would like. On the 700, 800, and 900 tails (900 being 321s) we can set the temperature on the touch screen so it is much easier.

The E190 can be a bit tricky. Sometimes it seems to have a mind of it's own when it comes to heating and cooling. It can go from freezing to scorching in minutes with out any input from us or the flight deck so it can be a constant battle for us trying to keep the cabin comfortable.

I try to make it as comfortable for everybody as possible. I know i can't please everybody but I make an effort to try. Mainly because I'm selfish and if the cabin is comfortable then the customers will be comfortable which makes my job a whole lot easier

That's really fun "inside" information there, thanks very much for sharing!

I've actually had to do this and suggest this on the 190. On the 190 the cabin air enters the cabin right where the side wall meets the overhead. So if the plane starts to have a mind of it's own I will turn on my air vent and point it towards the wall so it deflects the hot air away from me rather than point the air vent at my head because then it is going to blow that hot air right on you. On the 190 we have the ability to control the cabin temp just like the 700-900 tails. We normally set it at the 11 o'clock position which is about 71 degrees. Some of the temp gauges actually have it labeled with temps. However a lot of the times you will see the knob set below 71 or the 11 o'clock position because that's the comfortable temp setting in the cabin. Most of the time if we are changing crews on the 190 the FIRST thing we tell the crew is how the temperature control is behaving. When I solely worked the 190, when I got onto a plane I would generally leave the control knob where it was last set or increase it just a tad because I generally like to keep it a "little" bit warmer in the cabin as planes are always cold and I hate being cold. The planes have started to greatly improve as they go in for heavy checks and i've noticed a lot less issues than before but please remember if you are on one of our 190s and all of a sudden it gets extremely hot it isn't your crew trying to turn it into a sauna. I hate being cold but the last thing I want is to be running through a sauna in the cabin while trying to conduct my service

FA, sorry if this is a stupid question, but what are all of the x00 tails referring to?

It's not a stupid question! Our 320s have 4 different series tail numbers. When started we started with N503JB and moved upwards, 504, 505 and so on up to 599. So the next series is the 600 series N603JB and on up. The 600 series of tails have the rounded silver overhead bin latches and had different seat backs for the TVs but the 500 tails have been updated with the new seats but the 500 tails have the small gray square overhead bin latch. The 700 tails start at N703JB and those have the newest interior, the larger overheads, and the touch screen Flight Attendant Panel in the front galley. The 800 series tails are the newest 320s we have on property and most of those planes have the winglets, sorry sharklets . The 900 series of tails are our 321s.

It's basically just referring to the N registration, NxxxJB, on the aft part of the aircraft. Each series of registrations have subtle differences from the others.