Have a couple of friends that fly for JetBLue and they are excellent pilots. That being said, JetBLue makes the news more than all other carriers combined for dumb things and employee/customer eccentricities. Management needs to look at themselves in the mirror.

(Written on 10/28/2023)(Permalink)

This is a great idea.

(Written on 06/02/2023)(Permalink)

saw this coming a year ago. The ridiculously low airfares encourage overbooking so that they can fill any "no-shows." Meanwhile, the airports are zoos, the airplanes are filled and smell like cattle cars, and a lot of people arrive to the airport and then don't get on. SOuthwest has management problems right now.

(Written on 05/12/2023)(Permalink)

It's a horrible career choice even now. A better choice is to be a nurse practitioner or P.A. or CPA and travel for fun on your six figure salary while you are in your twenties. I have thirty FAA ratings and sign offs and it hasn't been worth it.

(Written on 05/21/2022)(Permalink)

Ukraine really got caught flat footed by the Russians. The AN-225 would have been invaluable to move supplies, ammo and refugees out of the country or into the country during this time. Very sad that no thought was put into the 135,000 Russian combat troops on the border.

(Written on 04/22/2022)(Permalink)

Shame to waste an 82 year old flyable airplane. Lots of history and someone would've loved to have owned it. Why couldn't he have picked a homebuilt?

(Written on 04/22/2022)(Permalink)

The DR has abject poverty and one of the poorest plaes in the westeern hemisphere. Why else would you go there?

(Written on 04/15/2022)(Permalink)

How about "pilotless"?

(Written on 02/11/2022)(Permalink)

`If you look at the Pentagon's recent inquiry into the possibility of putting the C-130 on floats, this makes much more sense. YOu can carry about as many troops as an MV-22 Osprey but land in a cove and pull up on the beach. Plus, they were built by Grumman, so these are just being re-manufactured and most of the flight testing has already been done.

(Written on 12/17/2021)(Permalink)

Yuma "never " gets weather. Sand Diego "never" gets weather. The pilot "never" flies in weather. His instrument skills were sketchy and he may not have ever flown his toy in actual weather. He was in over his head, not completely competent for the situation. He should've told the controller what was going on and they would have helped him. As a professional pilot I tell tATC when I have a problem and ATC always does an amazing job helping us.

(Written on 10/15/2021)(Permalink)