Two things: 1). I think B6 already flies MCO-SLC (along with FLL-SLC as well). 2). What do you mean by "a major support center"? Copy/Paste from this below website: Our Salt Lake City support center is the heart of our customer support, or reservations group, where hundreds of crewmembers...
Jump to postlol I forgot about that part, yeah they are using the same playbook with the gate agents now. $30 a month on union dues are better spent on a manicure, not a legal union contract that protects their jobs and advocates for fair compensation and profit sharing. wozers Everyone forgets that a corporat...
Jump to postlol I forgot about that part, yeah they are using the same playbook with the gate agents now. $30 a month on union dues are better spent on a manicure, not a legal union contract that protects their jobs and advocates for fair compensation and profit sharing.
wozers
Something is wrong when even the vulnerable groups that are easy to outsource start to organize.
Jump to postSounds like some LGB news is coming soon. The company just pushed a "save the date" (March 12) to all LGB pilots, flight attendants, and station personnel as well as SJU employees for an "Open Call: Ask the Experts: Network Strategy - LGB and SJU." Maybe the other shoe is finall...
Jump to postWhen you have to reiterate you want to stay independent , and plan to stay independent. Next they will shout it through megaphones they hope to stay independent!
The lady doth protest too much, methinks
NO!!!!! There was no contract. We worked under a thing called "Work Rules" that Virgin America put together. These work rules violated Federal Law, State Law, and San Francisco Labor Laws. Since the flight attendants were not union and we didn't have a contract. Virgin America could not d...
Jump to postI never imagined Brussels as unsafe. Day 1, I was robbed just a few blocks away from my hotel while I was offering a cigarette to a gentleman on the street. Day 5, my rollaboard luggage was tagged with graffiti while I was walking from the Brussels-Nord Train Station to my hotel; The Hilton at Plac...
Jump to postSA is no longer the place it used to be. In 10 years I wouldn’t be surprised to see neighboring Namibia take over in terms of tourism/banking/business, etc. Namibia is the nicest country in Africa, imo. People are extremely friendly, laws are fair and just, and government is stable. Time will tell....
Jump to postThis really could have happen in any large international city. It could really happen in any village, town, city , rural fishing camp, trailer park, high rise luxury tower lobby, crack den, Beverly Hills gated community, etc. But it happens way more often in crime infested and corrupt countries. Pe...
Jump to postThe uniforms are ugly, and if that billowy sack blouse thing is allowed for all female FAs regardless of maternity status, you will see it a LOT because despite being very unprofessional and ugly, it will be the most comfortable. Kind of like Southwest allows those ugly shorts paired with a pull ove...
Jump to postEven if it prevails there would be no windfall. Airlines would just bargain down the hourly rate so the gross pay would be the same. The formula that is used to pay the crews takes into consideration the other duties. That is the mutually agreed on pay scheme. The huge windfall would be during dela...
Jump to postFederal Law supersedes state law. The FSLA has a specific exempt language for FAs. http://www.flsa.com/coverage.html “The law that applies to situations where state and federal laws disagree is called the supremacy clause, which is part of article VI of the Constitution. The supremacy clause contai...
Jump to postWithout getting too nit picky, Pilots and FAs are paid their listed hourly wage when the aircraft doors are closed. Pilots have a much higher hourly rate then FAs (obviously) , so it gets more burdensome for FAs when they can't get paid because instead of working in the aircraft (getting their hourl...
Jump to postThe poison pill is still dissolving in Alaska's guts I see. This is good for B6, who will just disband its skeleton crew at LGB to avoid this California ruling and so becomes stronger vis-a-vis Alaska and get the upper hand in the inevitable merger. Back to the ruling, crews should be paid when on c...
Jump to postBut what would WN get with B6 other than more jets, gates and routes? Then would come the different a/c types, cabin mix, route approach, etc? Luckily WN has a stable management not obsessed with pleasing the growth of business at all costs Wall Street gods. other than more jets, gates, routes? tha...
Jump to postSo you think JetBlue merging with Alaska will magically fix the issues and you'll be happily ever after? You are a whiner. So many people would love to work with JetBlue. The company is a baby in airline years and is obviously going through a transition in order to chart the next 20 years fwd. Hold...
Jump to postSo AS flew back to BOS. The question then is, why didn’t AS quickly turn and fly BOS-LAX? Because there wasn’t another crew in BOS to work the flight? That must be it. And with their only crew bases on the west coast, this is not the last time we will be seeing something like this from them. Neithe...
Jump to postIm certain you will still be treated better and with more kindness on a B6 flight than on any other airline with possible exception of WN. Despite what some may say, B6 employees still do have pride in their airline and do their best to smile and make passengers feel welcome and safe. But that is wh...
Jump to postNothing, there is nothing really left to be done that is not already in the work. Strengthen the existing focus cities, all of which except JFK have plenty of room to grow. After that its merge to take advantage of economies of scale and co-oped a competitor at the same time. Two birds with one ston...
Jump to postAs someone who flies B6 VERY regularly for business and helps pay your paycheck the attitude and lack of energy, enthusiasm, and culture that made B6 a legendary name is very apparent from check in to in flight service. Granted it’s not bad by any means but it’s very noticeable. Once you lose that,...
Jump to postThis will be the unfortunate downfall to the airline I once shed blood sweat and tears for helping grow it since 2003. This is why my skin crawls when companys try to pay people in culture or future promises. B6 did it, VS did it (they were the worse perps of this), and I'm sure Moxy will be doing ...
Jump to postIt's an element of U.S. culture to tip service employees (wait staff, a hairdresser) but not skilled trades nor professionals (auto mechanic, doctors). FAs can't have it both ways. So US. In much of Western Europe the bill just gets marked up ( service compris ) and the business owner pockets it, n...
Jump to postYou have to be beyond the realm of blind to not see what is going on here. This (Moxy) is B6's west coast/mid-west strategy. They will build the network with year zero labor and sweetheart new entrant deals at the various airports, then bring Neeleman home.
Jump to postFrontier Airlines is, by FAR, the lowest paying major airline in the USA. This sounds like some scheme to get customers to pay Frontier for their own Flight Attendants. Its scandalous how far behind Frontier is in average pay, and now they are turning them into beggars to continue saving on labor co...
Jump to postEuropean airports usually have a night curfew and there are no departures for passenger flights between (usually) midnight and 5 am or even 6 am. But I was really surprised that this is not the case in Asia. What is the purpose of flights leaving at 3 a.m.? I still get it for long-haul flights, but...
Jump to postSo this begs another question. The current ULCCs have about three years before 'Moxy' gets in the air. Will G4, F9, NK try to preempt Neeleman and start flying more of these 'underserved' markets/routes ahead of time to discourage him? And what about B6 itself , which will be getting their own set ...
Jump to postI said a few pages back that this was sounding like Allegiant 2.0
Jump to post"hip" and "culture" are tools to compensate for... real compensation. When your airline can't or won't pay industry average, you pay them in culture. This usually results in ensnaring disproportionately young applicants who don't yet know the importance of being paid in actual c...
Jump to post"hip" and "culture" are tools to compensate for... real compensation. When your airline can't or won't pay industry average, you pay them in culture. This usually results in ensnaring disproportionately young applicants who don't yet know the importance of being paid in actual co...
Jump to postSo its going to be Allegiant with first class? Interesting him saying he talks to CEO of JetBlue all the time and knows he won't be competing with them on any route.
Jump to postThey won’t chase JetBlue out of Boston. Sorry. Yes, but if B6 ends up being a takeover target some will equate that to being 'chased out of Boston.' Problem is, I can't see another airline that would want such a big presence in Boston as B6 represents now. Southwest would benefit tremendously from ...
Jump to postFARmd90 wrote:Tail 627JB has now be returned to service as of Dec.7 it is excepted to operate the redeye turn on BOS-SDQ-BOS.
This is what I heard about drinking and flying: 1. you can't board someone on the plane who is drunk 2. if they make it on board and the FA notices they are drunk (other pax love to tell on their fellow pax they see drinking a lot at the bar near the gate by the way) they must and will be removed. A...
Jump to postLGB may as well already be a satellite base and one who's star is quickly fading. They don't even have their own base manager anymore.
Jump to postAre these kinds of pushes by B6 dangerous for B6? What I mean is, they seem to have this history of activism against larger airlines. We know airlines kill other airlines to eliminate competition, but what about killing off a airline to silence their dangerous activism? Too me this just adds another...
Jump to postBQN Aguidilla and PSE Ponce in Puerto Rico both have flights coming and going at all hours of the morning. Both tiny.
Jump to postEveryone knows that being based at home equals a much more content and long lasting employee. Sure. But why should UA care about that? Because they spend a lot of money feeding, housing and training new FAs for 5 weeks, only to see far too many quit or get fired because of the commute and not being...
Jump to post[ Now imagine how it was at Virgin America, who were some of the lowest paid FAs in the country and whos hub was SFO. Airlines try to take advantage of people by portraying the lifestyle as "glamorous" , and Virgin was the most guilty of this and took in young naive people and forced them...
Jump to postI don't know how these new junior flight attendants survive living in the most expensive cities in the world. Take for example, San Francisco/Bay Area. Making 6 figures in the bay means you're still low income. As a new flight attendant at United, isn't the take home salary around 20-30K a year? Li...
Jump to postI don't know how these new junior flight attendants survive living in the most expensive cities in the world. Take for example, San Francisco/Bay Area. Making 6 figures in the bay means you're still low income. As a new flight attendant at United, isn't the take home salary around 20-30K a year? Li...
Jump to postThey recently announced new crew bases at SAN, PHX, and MCO which will shift seniority all around the system. The company also said they will be eyeing additional satellite bases too. Very interesting development but also pragmatic. Everyone knows that being based at home equals a much more content ...
Jump to postDieuwer wrote:Does JetBlue typically do something special for an inaugurational flight?
klm617 wrote:[@ the original poster New York's hometown airline is Delta not JetBlue.
The other thread was for DCA/IAD and crystal city in how it relates to flying, this one is for New York now that the announcement is finalized and the very real issue of price/rent for B6 in maybe the same building as Amazon. Maybe minor effects on flying (more SEA and maybe B6 E190 ( later 220-100)...
Jump to postSo with the news revealing that half of Amazon's east coast Headquarters will be in Long Island City and talk of maybe even in the same Brewster building as jetBlue headquarters itself, what does that mean for New York's Hometown Airline? They've recently pulled back a bit on their flights to SEA, w...
Jump to post"What IF".... In a couple years the aviation and economical environment is such that B6 decides keeping a extra 60 E190s around is not a bad thing? The new 220s can do their thing, and the old E190s can be the 717's and MD 80s of the jetblue fleet consigned to shuttle service in the North ...
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