Reality for Delta Helps Jetblue

[MercuryPilot]

And besides, where are you getting 16 days a month anyway? Most pilots I know are not putting in as little as 16 days.

A 30 day month minus 14 days of work equals 16 days off. 17 days off some months. The 16 days off a month comes from Longhorn's post about his historical average days off. It helps if you read the entire thread before responding.

 

[pipejockey]

Sometimes the threads are too long to read all the way through. I am an airline pilot remember...I work 20 days a month!!

So longhorn thinks we only work 14 days a month?? What alternate world did he just arrive from. Is he a "slider"? I would like to slide in to that world!!

 

[Longhorn]

I was just referring to my schedule now. I worked 7+ years with 10 days off, 6 legs a day and 90 hours a month with a crappy schedule at a regional and flying cargo, and that was my assigned line. Once again, just pointing out the schedule now.

 

[sluminginpit]

Awesome, this is great! Here's what I predict to happen! Delta/Song will pull from FL and Jetblue will raise prices, then when this happens Delta will step back in at the higher price, then Jetblue will lower prices again and so will Delta. The problems in this indusrty are the unrealistic ticket prices charged by ALL airlines. Airline tickets are one of the only items in this world that are cheaper today than they were 25 years ago.

The LCC are doing well today, but get real guys, if the indusrty had'nt tanked where would they be. Jetblue and Airtran don't provide anything that has'nt been there before. They had deffered payments, low senority regarding wages on their pay scale and government help up the butt. What profit would all legacy carriers make if their highest pilot was only there 5 years.

I actually think Jetblue was never suppose to be in business this long. Their plan was to start up in JFK, be a pain in the butt and get bought. Then 9/11 happens and wham now what.

No one knows whats going to happen! Yeah I'm mad that my career is stalled, but I still make more money than the average guy. If I quit I would make less, so I keep going. I don't wish harm to any airline, because that would harm other humans and why would any of us want that! Life is hard, thats what makes it interesting, if it were easy and fair what fun would that be.

Good luck to all, but if I were at Jetblue I would keep my resume current :0!

 

[PulluP]

"The LCC are doing well today, but get real guys, if the indusrty had'nt tanked where would they be. Jetblue and Airtran don't provide anything that has'nt been there before. They had deffered payments, low senority regarding wages on their pay scale and government help up the butt."

We've all heard the saying 'Southwest, the Darling of the airlines'.
An American jumpseater yesterday told us the 'top 5 bathroom stall quotes in JFK'...here are the top 2:

'wetPoo, the Diarrhea of the airlines'

and

'Why is AirTran painting their planes white?'
'Answer, to more resemble their namesake, Air(white)Trash'

 

[bluejuice787]

"The LCC are doing well today, but get real guys, if the indusrty had'nt tanked where would they be. Jetblue and Airtran don't provide anything that has'nt been there before. They had deffered payments, low senority regarding wages on their pay scale and government help up the butt."

We've all heard the saying 'Southwest, the Darling of the airlines'.
An American jumpseater yesterday told us the 'top 5 bathroom stall quotes in JFK'...here are the top 2:

'wetPoo, the Diarrhea of the airlines'

and

'Why is AirTran painting their planes white?'
'Answer, to more resemble their namesake, Air(white)Trash'

I suppose that makes you a colon polyp.

 

[PulluP]

I suppose that makes you a colon polyp.

No, (semi)colon polyp.

 

[elag777]

Pullup:

We've all heard the saying 'Southwest, the Darling of the airlines'.
An American jumpseater yesterday told us the 'top 5 bathroom stall quotes in JFK'...here are the top 2:

'wetPoo, the Diarrhea of the airlines'


Doesn't rhyme with Southwest

 

[PulluP]

Pullup:

We've all heard the saying 'Southwest, the Darling of the airlines'.
An American jumpseater yesterday told us the 'top 5 bathroom stall quotes in JFK'...here are the top 2:

'wetPoo, the Diarrhea of the airlines'


Doesn't rhyme with Southwest

You're right, I think it refers to jetBlue....