justnzane Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 Fly only in the summer time. No chance of freezing over then. ...Unless you are in Austrailia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuntheDamnBall Posted February 17, 2007 Share Posted February 17, 2007 We flew JetBlue last night. They were cancelling flights left and right and we waited about 4 hours to depart from JFK to Buffalo/Niagara. Other people had waited 2 days for a connection. Gate assignments were being changed 3-4 times for individual flights and there were crews without planes and vice versa. They are really all sorts of !@#$ed up right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 there are plenty of "lazy union slobs" still out there... They're doing the work illegal aliens won't do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Jack Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 My one horror story from these past couple weeks.... United, from DC/Dulles to Buffalo last night, first they tell us they're overbooked so they are taking volunteers to be bumped. Then we overhear that the plane may be too heavy to leave is the real reason they need volunteers. It turns out that 7 people did not show up so we can all leave. Once on the plane we find out that earlier that day when they landed, the ground crew dented the door with the stairs (it was one of those 50 seat puddle jumpers) and the manufacture + FAA had to clear it for flight without fixing the dent. So.... small plane, possibly overweight, plus dented fuselage, made it a little white knuckled until we were safely in the air. BTW, Air New Zealand is my new favorite airline. They've got the LCD screens in the headrest, but theirs are hooked up to a DVR/Windows CE device so you've got 20 movies, 10-15 TV shows, and about 10 games that you can watch/play at your seat. And their flight map channel is 10 times better than Jet Blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 We flew JetBlue last night. They were cancelling flights left and right and we waited about 4 hours to depart from JFK to Buffalo/Niagara. Other people had waited 2 days for a connection. Gate assignments were being changed 3-4 times for individual flights and there were crews without planes and vice versa. They are really all sorts of !@#$ed up right now. They're cancelling something like 1/4 of their flights today to regroup. Because of the previous weather difficulties, their planes are scattered and pilots have reached their FAA flight time maximums. That happened to ComAir two years ago because of disasterous weather just before Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuntheDamnBall Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 They're cancelling something like 1/4 of their flights today to regroup. Because of the previous weather difficulties, their planes are scattered and pilots have reached their FAA flight time maximums. That happened to ComAir two years ago because of disasterous weather just before Christmas. The real problem apparently was that they were not vigilant enough in cancelling flights promptly. They thought they would be able to weather the storm and when it got worse than they thought it would, they were completely unprepared. Flying back tonight. Hope it's not an issue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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