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With no representation, JetBlue forces flight 504 Captain to record a retraction

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Ok Sorry, ready for flame but:

NO ONE CAN FORCE YOU TO SAY ANYTHING YOU DONT WANT TO. IF THIS GUY DOES NOT HAVE THE SPINE TO LOOK THE COMPANY, GOVERNMENT, PEERS, ETC IN THE EYES AND STATE HIS BELIEFS THAN HE DESERVES EVERYTHING THAT IS COMING TO HIM.

Its about time each of us looks in the mirror and decides what you stand for, how the hell can you look yourself in the mirror and accept that you stood for nothing when the rubber hit the road.....and for what a dam job!!!! OMG

The worst thing before he made this embarrassing tape that happened to him was he GETS FIRED BIG FREEEEEKING DEAL! Now he can still get fired and has sold his self esteem, his peers acceptance, and who the heck knows what else....I feel terrible for this guy, not cause of what the company did to him but for what he did to his family and himself......FLAME ON.....
 
rigger said:
Ok Sorry, ready for flame but:

NO ONE CAN FORCE YOU TO SAY ANYTHING YOU DONT WANT TO. IF THIS GUY DOES NOT HAVE THE SPINE TO LOOK THE COMPANY, GOVERNMENT, PEERS, ETC IN THE EYES AND STATE HIS BELIEFS THAN HE DESERVES EVERYTHING THAT IS COMING TO HIM.

Its about time each of us looks in the mirror and decides what you stand for, how the hell can you look yourself in the mirror and accept that you stood for nothing when the rubber hit the road.....and for what a dam job!!!! OMG

The worst thing before he made this embarrassing tape that happened to him was he GETS FIRED BIG FREEEEEKING DEAL! Now he can still get fired and has sold his self esteem, his peers acceptance, and who the heck knows what else....I feel terrible for this guy, not cause of what the company did to him but for what he did to his family and himself......FLAME ON.....
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Where is the like button? Couldn't have said it better.
 
That's weird.
 
BeachBummer said:
Merrit pay... it's in the PEA. I don't get any merrit pay, does anyone else? You probably won't hear about it because if your getting it you can't tell.
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Be careful. Elwood Blues might pm you and say:

You're (you + are) getting no merrit pay, but perhaps you're getting merit pay.
 
So, I just wanna re-cap this... Flight 504 from FLL-EWR diverts to Bradley, and people are stuck on the plane for 7 hours due to weather and extenuating circumstances (even at a JB station)... Let's assume the Captain and crew do everything to get fuel, food, buses, etc., to the airplane, but nothing materializes... Then this poor Captain is brought to Forest Hills to give an interview for a podcast/video which is then disseminated to all of JB? I'm just trying to piece this all together..
 
Snaab said:
So, I just wanna re-cap this... Flight 504 from FLL-EWR diverts to Bradley, and people are stuck on the plane for 7 hours due to weather and extenuating circumstances (even at a JB station)... Let's assume the Captain and crew do everything to get fuel, food, buses, etc., to the airplane, but nothing materializes... Then this poor Captain is brought to Forest Hills to give an interview for a podcast/video which is then disseminated to all of JB? I'm just trying to piece this all together..
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That's exactly what has happened.

The suits are covering their butts because they didn't prepare properly for that storm, they haven't devoted the resources they need to deal with situations like this, and they STILL have monumentally POOR planning when it comes to diversions and contingencies.

But, in true jetblue fashion, it was the pilot's lack of teamwork that was the real problem.

So, he was summoned to establish that fact and preserve the illusion that is jetblue.
 
I wonder if they'll include the BDL debacle in their HR presentation to prospective employees like they do (did?) the Valentine's Day debacle? Perhaps they'll just use that poor CA's mea culpa statement.:rolleyes:
 
linepilot said:
That's exactly what has happened.

The suits are covering their butts because they didn't prepare properly for that storm, they haven't devoted the resources they need to deal with situations like this, and they STILL have monumentally POOR planning when it comes to diversions and contingencies.

But, in true jetblue fashion, it was the pilot's lack of teamwork that was the real problem.

So, he was summoned to establish that fact and preserve the illusion that is jetblue.
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Understood... Feel sorry for that poor CA.
 
Especially since he was a NO voter on the representation election. Bet he's rethinking that vote.
 
I agree with a previous poster. Let him twist in the wind. Maybe if he ends up fired or violated some of the "no" voters will get a flippin' clue.
 
Let me understand this, the fellow divets to his alternate, has no ground services available due to lack of company planning, and HE has to apologise?? WTF!!!!
 
If you want to be technical about it, the original alternate for most of those planes was BOS. After a go around and holding they were off to BOS, but in the process BOS center cut off the flow causing them to go to BDL.

I still don't buy this excuse, because BDL is a "blue" city not some random divert.
 
Brutal brutal brutal. At least with a union there is a process and you have your own lawyer next to you at the carpet dance. Jet Blue pilots seem to relay onto me that 99% of the operation is drama and pistol whipping free, I guess for some guys union representation doesn't matter until it's their ass on the line.

Question: when the pilot is beat on by the company, is he then a "black and blue" pilot?
 

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