Did JBLU a320 land with 1000 pounds fuel?

[J32driver]

Those hired this year may just be on the streets in the next year.

Sure is a good thing we all signed that 5 year contract then.

 

[PCL_128]

Sure is a good thing we all signed that 5 year contract then.

Bankruptcy will fix that.

 

[BRA]

For the record - it was two voted off the island after the 9/11 deeper background checks revealed some rather interesting unrevealed information. I was sad to see one of them leave only because he was our barometer of just how much you could regularly screw up and still keep your job.

I now return you to your regular scheduled flame baiting...

That is so awesome! Whether or not anything in this thread is true or not...every airline does have that barometer guy! Both airlines that i worked at have that guy. And he has gotten fired and then you have to pick a new one....usually doesn't take long to figure out who sits in that thrown next either!

 

[Uppercrust]

This message is not meant as flamebait so please dont take it that way. I was in a hotel business center dressed in civvys and there were two JBLU pilots in civvys as well. They were talking about how recently one of their A320s landed with 1000 pounds of fuel on board and both pilots were fired. The CVR was pullled and they talked about "ditching it in the lake by Buffalo" if they ran out of fuel. ANy JBLU guys care to elaborate on this, I tend to believe the validity of this as the pilots were talking about it in somewhat detail. Can any JBLU pilots elaborate or care to elabortae?

Unbelievable. The paying public have no idea.

 

[fifty30retard]

Bankruptcy will fix that.

More useless on line zingers from RJ boy.

 

[AeroDork]

More useless on line zingers from RJ boy.

Come on, man. Get it right. It's PFT RJ boy.

 

[dojetdriver]

It happened in 2000 while the airline was in its infancy. And it was a little over 2000# not 1000. They also diverted to BUF from JFK and were led to believe the airport was going to open up sooner rather than later, and it didn't-- held way too long and instead of a suitable SWF/ROC/SYR alternate, the only good airfield was BUF... They sent both pilots to MIA for additional training, and the pair failed to show any progress in diversion techniques and descision making qualities among other issues. Since then, the airline has fired 3 more pilots-- One after 9/11 when a further background check showed he lied about several events in life, one for faillure to pee for a drug/alcohol test, and one for inappropriate behavior. 5 in 6 years, that's a miniscule number when compared with the rest of the industry.

The pee test guy got his job back didn't he? Wasn't it kind of a misunderstanding about the test and the contractor allowing him to not take the test to catch his commute or something?

 

[J32driver]

Come on, man. Get it right. It's PFT RJ boy.

BBBWWWWAAAHHHHHAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!

Yeah... bankruptcy is a real BBEEEOOTTCCHH. Hows that working out for you there PFT BOOOYYYYY?????

 

[Blue Dude]

The pee test guy got his job back didn't he? Wasn't it kind of a misunderstanding about the test and the contractor allowing him to not take the test to catch his commute or something?

That's a different incident - he's still here. The testing protocol was changed as a result to avoid a similar misunderstanding.

 

[Capn Mike]

Unbelievable. The paying public have no idea.

Just like you paying for your job. You have no idea and you are unbelievable.