Thread: JetAmerica?

Honestly, nobody here in Toledo though this was going to "Fly", no pun intended.

6,500 people dumb enough to think it was going to "fly", people who I mentioned it to where ready and eager to buy tickets lol!

Quote: Originally Posted by captjns Perhaps you have been out of touch lately, but airline tickets are cheaper than bus and train tickets. Not out of touch, just my opinion.

Turns out you make more money when an airline fails than when it succeeds. I know, we'll make the WORST AIRLINE EVER! Now we just need to get the FA's to sing "Springtime for Hitler" and we'd be all set.

Quote: Originally Posted by ZDub Yeah, but every airline does this. If a pax uses a majors's res line or God forbid strays into an airport to talk to someone with a pulse that can fog a mirror, they wack them for a $20-30 ticketing fee. I understand the phone line charge and the in person charge, but a web based charge? How do you just buy a 9 dollar ticket? It's like Ticket- master's "service charge."

Quote: Originally Posted by Twin Wasp "Jet America will charge an additional $20 for a round-trip with an assigned seat, $20 to buy a ticket by phone and $10 to book on the Web site..." So they are going to charge you to give them money? Why can't they just say a ticket costs $19-$209 and be done with it? Yeah, but every airline does this. If a pax uses a majors's res line or God forbid strays into an airport to...

Quote: Originally Posted by RemoveB4flght Hey I want to be off the couch as much as anyone... but the point is once they ween off the miami air planes, will they advertise crappy skybus payscales to those eager to get on the guppy? Watch the stack of resumes pile to the ceiling.. Before we start getting into everyone's favorite arguement "Who's lowering the bar this week?" why don't we see if they can even...

Yeah, the guys running this weren't part of the catastrophic team who ran skybus... Bill Diffendorfer (CEO), Ken Gile (COO), and Mike Hodge(CFO) where the three top players in SX for over 9 months into the company's last days. They took the control of the company from Weikle in a boardroom coup, siting among other things, his cosy relationship with the pilots. Weikle, who had planned a MUCH slower and low profile growth for the...

You are all missing the most important question.... what they plan to pay their pilots

One more link -- not a lot of jobs here! Jet America set to begin service in July - St. Petersburg Times