JetBlue Passengers Describe Airport Tarmac Ordeal

I have been listening to the jetBlue circus on JFK ground control for several interesting hours. There are currently two DC-10's their, one going to LAS, JBU 4115 to LAS, and 4104 to MCO, both appeared to have ferried up from ATL. It seems only Gate 4 will hold a DC-10. so 4104 has been holding for Gate 4 about 2 hours. When LAS departs the MCO ten will come to the gate. Most inbounds have held for a gate for a while, one recent one got priority for a gate due to two seperate Medical Emergencies onboard, another has a security issue but have turned down assistance and are dealing with B6 corportate security. There is also a 757-200 (I assume North American) going to SJU and an ATA 753 going to MCO!

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/JBU4115

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/JBU4106

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/JBU4015


Regards

LGA777

I am glad B6 is doing this. We need to do this I would say because I am personally getting tired of searching out other airlines to send passengers out on because we cannot fufill our needs right now.

Wow a DC-10 at Terminal 6 must be a quiet a sight!

Thanks for keeping us updated Ron.

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JetBlue Airways Pre-Cancels 23 Percent of its Scheduled Flights for Feb. 17 and Feb. 18, 2007

NEW YORK, Feb. 17, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- JetBlue Airways today
announces that it has pre-cancelled 23 percent of its Saturday, Feb. 17
and Sunday, Feb. 18 schedule in order to reset the operation by
positioning all aircraft and allowing flight crews to reset their
operating clocks. Further cancellations may occur throughout the
operating days.

The airline has canceled all flights to and from the following cities
for Saturday, Feb. 17 and Sunday Feb. 18:

Austin, TX
Bermuda
Charlotte, NC
Columbus, OH
Houston, TX
Jacksonville, FL
Nashville, TN
Pittsburgh, PA
Portland, ME
Raleigh/Durham, NC
Richmond, VA

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JFK had a ground stop this morning for a few hours for B6 aircraft only, I'm assuming they still have a lack of gates?

Ron was right, it was an Omni DC-10.

The fligth from ATL was an empty ferry flight, to reposition the aircraft to pick up passengers. The flight then went to fly pax to Las Vegas.

JetBlue still needs a bit more lift...and a bit "more" lift is coming :)


-Rich

That sounds like a teaser of some sort. Spill it!

My money is on a World MD11

LGA777

That's what I was thinking about your guess with the DC-10. I thought it would be World.

Just found this DC-10 inbound to JFK from LGB, then looks like a ferry to BWI. Is this Omni or World ?

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/JBU4117

LGA777

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Originally Posted by Phil D.

That sounds like a teaser of some sort. Spill it!

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Still working out the details.....you know how it works. :P

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Originally Posted by LGA777

Just found this DC-10 inbound to JFK from LGB, then looks like a ferry to BWI. Is this Omni or World ?

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That one would be Omni....they've had plenty of planes just sitting.


-Rich

Better be something good with all this suspense, like an A346 rented from Virgin. :D

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Originally Posted by LGA777

Just found this DC-10 inbound to JFK from LGB, then looks like a ferry to BWI. Is this Omni or World ?

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/JBU4117

LGA777

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It was an Omni bird. Tommy, Josh May and I were at Firestone to catch her:

http://moose135.smugmug.com/photos/130255711-L.jpg

I'm going to take a wild guess that the big teaser is they found a way to charter the VA and SkyBus A320s that have been largely sitting around unused. As the planes actually belong to banks/leasing companies, they can probably be flown by any certified operator (e.g., Jetblue) even if VA itself can't operate them.