11-11-2008
02:42 AM
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PAULA,
Why is it so many airlines are successful flying internationally but we have to codeshare our airline out? JetBlue now has a strong presence in the Caribbean and while they aren't making hundreds of millions they are successful. We will be soon announcing another codeshare to the caribbean and Hawaii also. Priceless... While flying to Hawaii has historically been a money loser we easily could make money flying to the caribbean but we won't. We are the only airline who can't make international flying happen. Wait....we can but we won't because codesharing will be able to bolster a few million in our pockets without risking a dime. Well, congrats I guess everyone has their price. Unfortunately the price here is the frontline employees career advancement by job creation. While you are wooping it up at the Friday deck parties drinking the kool-aid we are seeing the culture of our airline erode right before our eyes. Yes the culture is in each of us but that only goes so far because viruses spread fast. Unless you aren't reading the postings on this blog then you can see how fast our airline is about to be compared to AA and United all in the same breath.
The answer to all of this is Gary is a bean counter. If he can make 100 million codesharing then he doesn't care that we could make 5 million doing it on our own. I don't believe he has weighed out the negative effects of codesharing.
Your explanation doesn't hold water.
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