http://blog.hellojetblue.com/blog Your destination for all things JetBlue and beyond Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:48:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Move Team Coordinator Crewmember, Wilhelm R. Van Luyn, snapped the below glam shots of the ICON A5 on display at JFK's T5 through the end of March. More on this sleek, new aircraft here. http://blog.hellojetblue.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/09/icon-a5-as-seen-at-t5/ Last week's success with San Francisco showed that people sure know what's up when it comes to BlueCity travel! We thank Crewmembers and Customers alike for their great tips! This week we visit Austin! Cue Home on The Range: Ok, we know- Austin is a hip, metropolitan area. You won't see much ... http://blog.hellojetblue.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/09/tuesdays-travel-tips-austin/ Stop by T5 at JFK this month to check out the groundbreaking ICON A5! This innovative aircraft is a clean sheet design based on the FAA’s new Light Sport Aircraft category and new Sport Pilot License, new rules that make recreational flying more accessible than ever before.. We are all ... http://blog.hellojetblue.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/08/icon-a5-on-display-at-jfks-t5/ In a real-life version of "Catch Me If You Can," A Dutch pilot was recently arrested after being revealed as a fake pilot. He had apparently been flying commercial planes for 13 years without a commercial pilot's license (though he did have a private pilot license). His record as a ... http://blog.hellojetblue.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/07/pilot-caught-with-fake-license-13-years-later/ In a true performance in the theater of the absurd, a Texas lawyer is suing the City of Houston, Continental Airlines, and the food court management company at Houston's airport because his coat went missing. Mind you, after eating in the food court before his flight to Vegas, he accidentally ... http://blog.hellojetblue.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/06/lawyer-sues-city-airline-and-food-court-over-coat/ Brian Commaroto-Roverini is a world-class guy. That is, FSC Senior Analyst, Financial Planning and Analysis, Brian, loves to travel and that's one of the reasons why he's enjoyed working here over the past several years and is also why he will be leaving us shortly to join the State Department ... http://blog.hellojetblue.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/06/brians-story/ The major religions of the world have long battled over the rights to their proclaimed homeland, the holier nature of their respective higher beings, and the superiority of their beliefs, but they all agree that airport security body scanners are a violation of privacy. The Pope announced at a meeting in ... http://blog.hellojetblue.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/05/body-scan-clashes-with-religious-faith/ [caption id="attachment_3805" align="alignright" width="156" caption="Image courtesty of MJTR on Flickr"][/caption] As if Japan Airlines hasn't had enough trouble already this year, with bankruptcy and about fifty different- though no definitive- plans for its salvation, the airline now has the strangest of dilemmas on their hands. Apparently a hot commodity, their crewmembers ... http://blog.hellojetblue.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/05/japan-airlines-fights-to-keep-uniforms-out-of-sex-clubs/ The theme for this week is snore! Aside from just a couple of items, it was an extremely quiet week for the airline industry, not that we're complaining! It was so quiet, in fact, that media outlets jumped perhaps higher than usual on an incident that occurred weeks ago whereby ... http://blog.hellojetblue.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/05/weekly-airline-news-roundup-snore/ We first noticed brand observer and Twitter user, @darrlyohrt yesterday tweeting about a special guest on his JetBlue flight, our very own CEO Dave Barger. For us here at JetBlue, this might not be a very big deal. We all know Dave has a preferred carrier to travel around with, ... http://blog.hellojetblue.com/blog/index.php/2010/03/04/dave-our-mayor/