Jet Blue

Everytime I watch the news for the last 4-5 days they are announcing that Jet Blue airline is having trouble flying almost anywhere still. People are still stranded in airports everywhere. Jet Blue apologizes but says the problem is because their pilots haven't had enough rest!
Is that very logical: Been down 3-4 down nearly and pilots don't have enough rest? Also, they say the planes are in the wrong place. Then, fly them where they need to be, can't take over 3-4 hours!
Frankly, I wish they would just be truthful and tell us that their scheduling system computers and people who run them don't know how to handle a shutdown and start-up. It never was programmed to handle such a situation.
If anything manual has to be done anymore, we are out of luck. Just not smart enough to do it, totally computer dependent. If I were the Taliban I would simply destroy our computer systems and we will capitulate immediately.
It really disgusts me to see people immediately start telling lies when they have a major problem. Americans didn't used to be this way.

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Submitted by dollaradayandfound on Mon, 02/19/2007 - 7:25pm.

In order for planes in the air to land and get out of the way they need a slot at the terminal. So, what you do is run the planes sitting at the slots out onto the taxiways to sit until you can unload those coming in. Not too bad as far as it goes, but:
Why were so many planes allowed to fly into frozen airports? Send them to Dallas! Why didn't they reverse the taxi ways and have the planes turn back as close as they could get to terminal and unload with ladders?
Also, is it impossible for someone to bring food and drink out by jeep? Also toilet cleaners?
Of course all of this is possible, if planned. It is not.
Plus some of the things above cost money. I'm not sure if more though than shutting down 2-3 days. People definately are second to money these days. FEMA proved that.

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