Skift Take
Newsflash: It snows every winter in Boston and New York, and it gets cold, too, although admittedly not as frigid as its been over the weekend and early this week. Shouldn't JetBlue had a major contingency plan for this kind of situation, and been better prepared to hustle in some new pilot crews when its flight crews became over-extended?
The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) issued a statement today which argued that the Federal Aviation Administration's new pilot rest rules that went into effect this past weekend were not responsible for airlines' operational problems, including flight delays and cancellations in the Northeast and Midwest.
The ALPA statement takes a swipe at JetBlue without actually naming the airline. Southwest, too, cited the new rules, but didn't put much emphasis on their impact.
“Those who have claimed that these new regulations are the cause of current flight delays neglect to consider the impact of severe weather systems which are currently being seen across the United States and that the airlines have had two years to prepare for operations under the new rules," the ALPA states.
JetBlue's pilots are not represented by
