I know its been discussed, but what in the heck happened to Jetblue
Apr 25, 2022, 7:08 pm
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Apr 25, 2022, 10:32 pm
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1) The last couple of years have actually been relatively mild for weather in the Northeast. That isn't to say that there haven't been days affected by storms, but BOS was hit much harder by snow in 2015 than they have been in recent years.
2) B6 chose those airports! It's not as if they were assigned two random hubs in a lottery.
Apr 26, 2022, 5:45 am
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Apr 26, 2022, 6:17 am
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I've been saying this for years... you can't keep blaming the weather year after year and not try to change something. They could stack departures in the mornings before the weather gets bad, use different routings, maybe even find a JTV partner to develop some evil weather control device thing... but doing the same thing year after year is simply unfair to customers and crewmembers. The premise of the strategy itself is flawed.
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Apr 26, 2022, 6:33 am
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I've been saying this for years... you can't keep blaming the weather year after year and not try to change something. They could stack departures in the mornings before the weather gets bad, use different routings, maybe even find a JTV partner to develop some evil weather control device thing... but doing the same thing year after year is simply unfair to customers and crewmembers. The premise of the strategy itself is flawed.
-J.
-J.
And for others on this thread, taking them out of northeast is a terrible idea. You either need fortress hubs that can generate huge profits or you need really low costs. JetBlue has neither, so it has to concentrate on the few airports where it has large presence and build them up.
Apr 26, 2022, 1:57 pm
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Interesting development...
FAA, airlines to meet on Florida flight disruptions as travel booms (cnbc.com)
FAA, airlines to meet on Florida flight disruptions as travel booms (cnbc.com)
Apr 26, 2022, 2:01 pm
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And for others on this thread, taking them out of northeast is a terrible idea. You either need fortress hubs that can generate huge profits or you need really low costs. JetBlue has neither, so it has to concentrate on the few airports where it has large presence and build them up.
Apr 26, 2022, 9:11 pm
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Apr 28, 2022, 9:10 am
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anyone that followed the earnings call on Tuesday would see quite an embarrassing sight of the people in charge that know they cannot handle the problems facing JetBlue. Stock price is down like 30% since start of the year. JPMorgan did double downgrade on their stock. I'm hoping this is finally time for the board to find new leadership. I don't know what else could possibly get them to do something. The recent operational issues, lack of confidence amongst Crewmembers and the large number of senior departures are all signs of a terribly run company.
Apr 28, 2022, 9:36 am
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JetBlue Knocks Delta & Southwest From Top Spot On American Customer Satisfaction Index
Guess there are competing thoughts on this subject...
Guess there are competing thoughts on this subject...
Apr 28, 2022, 9:56 am
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Yesterday $JBLU hit a new 52-week low, their first time going under $11 a share since fall of 2020.
This article came out a couple of days ago: JetBlue president: ‘We let our crew members and our customers down in April’. I have to disagree with the title, especially given a recent poll...
JetBlue (the collective "we") did not let crewmembers and customers down -- Geraghty did. Responsibility starts at the top, and it's not fair to drag everyone else down too IMHO.
-J.
This article came out a couple of days ago: JetBlue president: ‘We let our crew members and our customers down in April’. I have to disagree with the title, especially given a recent poll...
-J.
Apr 29, 2022, 4:10 am
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I think at this point, they need a reset like with DN and Valentine's day incident or UA had with Dao incident. They need to probably bring in new leadership that makes real changes up top and apologize to customers in order to gain confidence back. JetBlue is a great experience when things are running well, but they got too many fed up with them. Employee turnovers are high, but they can do things to encourage lower turnovers rather than just throw their hands up. If you have the right work culture and incentives, employees are not going to the competitors as soon as a better offer comes along.
Anyways, I think I've beat a down horse enough times. Let's see what happens.
Anyways, I think I've beat a down horse enough times. Let's see what happens.
Apr 29, 2022, 12:28 pm
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JetBlue Knocks Delta & Southwest From Top Spot On American Customer Satisfaction Index
Guess there are competing thoughts on this subject...
Guess there are competing thoughts on this subject...
Apr 29, 2022, 6:29 pm
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On that index, the differences among airlines are like two points. Hardly significant. So, that index is essentially saying that all major airlines are mediocre.
Apr 30, 2022, 7:31 am
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JetBlue 79%
American 77%
Delta 77%
Southwest 77%
United 77%
JetBlue with a 2% lead, plus or minus 3%.
