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06-16-2022, 03:35 PM
#1351
The REAL Bluedriver
Joined APC: Sep 2011
Position: Airbus Capt
Posts: 6,920
It’s still early, but so far this has been the smoothest summer ops I’ve seen here in 6 years after they made that cut. We also already flown our summer peak. Definitely a far cry from April. Which leads me to believe that in 2019, we should’ve been operating 900 flights with 4500 pilots. It’s also getting the other departments staffing up to speed.
06-16-2022, 03:43 PM
#1352
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2007
Posts: 2,010
That cut appears to have really helped, and they MIGHT have finally figured out that running a better operation will attract more customers and higher revenue. Delta made an intentional decision several years ago to run a more reliable operation and go after higher revenue customers (who expect a more reliable operation). It has worked well for them.
The problem as you know is that JetBlue isn’t making a profit doing what they’re doing now. Moving forward the key will be how do they add capacity while still staying out of the headlines every week about how they stranded a family of 4 who were traveling to a relative’s funeral.
06-16-2022, 04:15 PM
#1354
The REAL Bluedriver
Joined APC: Sep 2011
Position: Airbus Capt
Posts: 6,920
The problem as you know is that JetBlue isn’t making a profit doing what they’re doing now. Moving forward the key will be how do they add capacity while still staying out of the headlines every week about how they stranded a family of 4 who were traveling to a relative’s funeral.
But operating more reliably to attract and retain higher value customers won't produce results in 3 weeks... It's will take time and an investment (time+money) to have that strategy pay off.
06-16-2022, 04:16 PM
#1355
The REAL Bluedriver
Joined APC: Sep 2011
Position: Airbus Capt
Posts: 6,920
Guilty... The company created its own monster by insisting on those low E190 pay rates. Now they live with that monster until they raise the pay or it's gone.
06-16-2022, 07:14 PM
#1357
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2008
Position: blueJet
Posts: 4,535
Pilot RSAs every day. IROPS 3 weekends out of every 4. This place would be able to handle our 2019 workload if they could find our old efficiencies, but those people all either left or don’t care anymore. Now they’re just grinding away waiting for their shift to end. Kick the fan down the road; Leave a mess for the next guy.
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