Flight Cancellations
Dec 30, 2021, 4:18 pm
#16
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I just got I think a generic email about these flight cancellations. We are doing our best etc.
did everyone get this email? Or maybe just those whose flights might/will be cancelled? Mine is sat heading back to nyc from here in Guayaquil.
(Pending my Covid test tomorrow of course)
did everyone get this email? Or maybe just those whose flights might/will be cancelled? Mine is sat heading back to nyc from here in Guayaquil.
(Pending my Covid test tomorrow of course)
Dec 30, 2021, 4:25 pm
#17
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I just got I think a generic email about these flight cancellations. We are doing our best etc.
did everyone get this email? Or maybe just those whose flights might/will be cancelled? Mine is sat heading back to nyc from here in Guayaquil.
(Pending my Covid test tomorrow of course)
did everyone get this email? Or maybe just those whose flights might/will be cancelled? Mine is sat heading back to nyc from here in Guayaquil.
(Pending my Covid test tomorrow of course)
I believe it was sent out to Everyone, since it refers to flights till 1/31/22 and will include those who havent purchased yet and will
Dec 30, 2021, 4:31 pm
#19
Join Date: Dec 2016
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I just got I think a generic email about these flight cancellations. We are doing our best etc.
did everyone get this email? Or maybe just those whose flights might/will be cancelled? Mine is sat heading back to nyc from here in Guayaquil.
(Pending my Covid test tomorrow of course)
did everyone get this email? Or maybe just those whose flights might/will be cancelled? Mine is sat heading back to nyc from here in Guayaquil.
(Pending my Covid test tomorrow of course)
Dec 30, 2021, 5:13 pm
#20
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take JFK-SAV 1 day its the 6am thats CXed the next day its the 4pm, they arent simply CXing everyday the 6am and some days both flights went off
Dec 30, 2021, 7:37 pm
#22
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Im not so sure about that, if anything Id say the opposite flights weeks away have a better chance of not being CXed as those out with Covid will return to work. Now as we still havent reached the Peak of it day by day folks will be testing Positive and calling in sick resulting in more flights being CXed. Now which flights B6 puts a priority on to keep I have no idea
take JFK-SAV 1 day its the 6am thats CXed the next day its the 4pm, they arent simply CXing everyday the 6am and some days both flights went off
take JFK-SAV 1 day its the 6am thats CXed the next day its the 4pm, they arent simply CXing everyday the 6am and some days both flights went off
Dec 30, 2021, 8:32 pm
#23
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They have cut more flights over the next couple of days than earlier this week. They also should have more certainty on staffing numbers in the next couple of days vs 10 days from now. Today they just had a couple of more cancels after the proactive cancels. So my guess is that if you haven't been cancelled yet, you are reasonably safe.
Sorry to disagree with the above but I do, . What happens if say Mon 20 crew members call up they justgot their test results and its Positive, what if happens to an employee at an out station? I do agree that if they expect x employees to call in sick and x does or less then x does then things should workout
Update: as I expected and said up thread, a news report on CBS radio now from B6 said all the CXing they did was sue to the lack of employees and if more end up calling in sick then alot more flights will be CXed, so unless a person hasa flight with 24 hrs I wouldnt say any flight is Safe
Last edited by craz; Dec 31, 2021 at 1:37 pm
Dec 31, 2021, 6:59 pm
#24
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Sorry to disagree with the above but I do, . What happens if say Mon 20 crew members call up they justgot their test results and its Positive, what if happens to an employee at an out station? I do agree that if they expect x employees to call in sick and x does or less then x does then things should workout
Update: as I expected and said up thread, a news report on CBS radio now from B6 said all the CXing they did was sue to the lack of employees and if more end up calling in sick then alot more flights will be CXed, so unless a person hasa flight with 24 hrs I wouldnt say any flight is Safe
Update: as I expected and said up thread, a news report on CBS radio now from B6 said all the CXing they did was sue to the lack of employees and if more end up calling in sick then alot more flights will be CXed, so unless a person hasa flight with 24 hrs I wouldnt say any flight is Safe
Jan 2, 2022, 6:40 am
#26
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on a side note, once landed at JFK, it took about 30 minutes for a gate…but not a normal gate, we had to deplane on one of those mobile gates and take a shuttle bus in the pouring rain to customs and immigration at 12am!
not the best experience, but I feel as thought to blame more JFK then B6.
happy new year y’all
I also told my wife. I hope not to travel (unless emergency) to GYE until this test to return is long gone. The anxiety I had in the back of my head for 2 weeks was unfair for her and her family.
cheers
Jan 2, 2022, 12:17 pm
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Jan 2, 2022, 7:59 pm
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Jan 2, 2022, 8:58 pm
#29
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They need more than three dispatchers on a shift to run an operation the size of JetBlue. Plus maintenance controllers, load planners, crew schedulers, crew travel, customer service liasons, duty staff, managers, etc. I don't understand how three people could run the airline or how the FAA would let them exercise operational control with such few staff. Sounds like a situation which would trigger a ground stop for B6 flights.