They both have cockpits?
Posted on 02/22/2007 5:24:48 AM PST by IrishMike
What do JetBlue and Britney Spears have in common? Both have experienced a serious reputation collapse in the past several days. In the case of JetBlue, it had a lot to lose.
Troll any cocktail party in Palm Beach these days and you'll meet weekenders who swear by JetBlue. These are the folks who head out to Kennedy Airport on a Friday afternoon, climb aboard the 3:05 flight, confidant that they'll arrive in time for dinner and a well-earned weekend in the sun. They probably don't even care that Delta is offering a cheaper nonstop; they like JetBlue. More importantly, they trust JetBlue.
Until now. The real cost of the fiasco played out on the tarmacs last week is not the $30 million the company has estimated that it might have to pay out to compensate disgruntled passengers. It is the loss of customer confidence.
A New York society decorator and frequent traveler to Palm Beach, Ann LeConey, had, like so many others, a day from hell on Valentine's Day. She traveled out to Kennedy Airport in time for an 8 a.m. flight, boarded the airplane on schedule, but was taken off the plane at 10 a.m. when the airport closed. With her fellow travelers, she was kept in the lounge until 6 p.m., when the plane was reboarded. The word was, "This plane is going to Palm Beach."
Though the passengers were more than ready to head south, the plane was not. It had no pilot. After a five-hour search, a pilot was found, amidst much cheering, but the euphoria quickly died when it developed that there was no copilot. By the time that chair was filled, another hour had passed, at which point the pilot announced that he was over his work limit and could no longer fly.
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They both have cockpits?
They both had something shaved this week? (JetBlue's stock price and Britney's hair)
LOL! Neither one has hair?
Er, you are bad.
But what you say is true.
Both their skins are smooth as a baby's butt, and they're still a laughingstock.....?
Thanks for the mega laugh.
Jet Blue could do the on the cheap.
Make their flight attendands shave their heads.
Oh, you're so BAD!!!!!!
Still laughing!!
Spears' reputation went south a lot further back than a few days ago.
They both give frequent flyer miles.
That joke has been around along time ... in my early years I heard different versions of it, as in ... 'What does Jane Mansfield (or, Marilyn Monroe) have in common with an airplane?' Or, 'Why is Jane Mansfield (or, MM) like an airplane?'
Now you know the rest of the story ...
Stuff happens - this is somehow JetBlue's fault that they had a bad outcome thanks to a winter storm? Blame the feds for their asinine work rules imposed on airlines.
We sat jammed into a Delta commuter plane for about two hours at JFK back in June with our new two-year-old son, after a four-hour boarding delay, because the union ramp workers refused to come out during rainy weather, but CNN didn't write us up.
I saw a luggage cart driver come careening around a corner and three suitcases fly out and go skidding across the tarmac that day, too. Twice.
JFK is a disgrace to its name, and to the city it serves, and I never plan to go through that airport again if I have any possible alternative, even if I have to fly hundreds of miles in the wrong direction. The staff is rude and surly, the lines are long, and the facilities are decrepit.
I've had some bad experiences there also.
JFK was the only show in town for flights to Ireland,
now I use Newark.
It's cheaper to ride either one than it is to ride Delta.
...It's cheaper to ride either one
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Protection required for both !
They're both giving free rides to thousands of "passengers" these days.
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