{"id":1173589,"date":"2021-12-30T19:34:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T00:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1173589"},"modified":"2021-12-30T19:34:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T00:34:38","slug":"jetblue-cuts-1280-flights-in-first-weeks-of-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jetblue-cuts-1280-flights-in-first-weeks-of-january\/","title":{"rendered":"JetBlue Cuts 1,280 Flights In First Weeks Of January"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjetblue-cuts-1280-flights-in-first-weeks-of-january%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1173589&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>JetBlue plans to cancel 1,280 flights between December 30 and January 13.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have seen a surge in the number of sick calls from Omicron,\u201d a JetBlue spokesman said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/jet-stream-adds-to-airline-challenges-as-flight-cancellations-continue-11640810810?mod=article_inline\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>. \u201cWe entered the holiday season with the highest staffing levels we\u2019ve had since the pandemic began and are using all resources available to cover our staffing needs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis past week has been one of our most difficult operating periods during the pandemic,\u201d three JetBlue department leaders wrote on Tuesday in a note to staff seen by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/12\/30\/jetblue-cuts-flights-through-mid-january-expecting-more-omicron-covid-sick-calls.html\">CNBC<\/a>. \u201cThe exponential growth in Omicron cases over just a couple of days is at a level that no one could reasonably prepare for.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The move comes as other airlines anticipate staff shortages due to the Omicron variant of COVID-19. CNBC explained:<\/p>\n<p>New York-based JetBlue and other airlines, including United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines, have canceled more than 8,000 flights since Christmas Eve, according to airline data firm FlightAware, as carriers were hit with bad weather and a surge in sick calls from crews. The disruptions cap another rocky year for travel as airlines at times struggled to ramp up flying to meet a resurgence in demand after a paltry 2020.<\/p>\n<p>More than 1,100 flights were scrubbed nationwide on Thursday, according to FlightAware. JetBlue canceled 175 flights or 17% of its schedule. United, meanwhile, canceled 192 flights, or 9% of its mainline schedule, while regional airline SkyWest dropped 198, or 8%. Seattle-based Alaska Airlines canceled 95 flights, 14% of what it planned to fly.<\/p>\n<p>The Omicron-driven flight cancellations also occur as airlines grapple with an economy-wide labor shortage. During recent testimony to Congress, American Airlines CEO Doug Parker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/american-airlines-to-hire-18000-people-as-unexplained-flight-cancellations-continue\">said<\/a> that his company \u2014 which has about 130,000 workers \u2014 has already onboarded more than 16,000 employees in 2021, and will continue to seek additional talent through 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe this positive momentum will continue into next year, as we\u2019ve set a target of hiring an additional 18,000 team members in 2022,\u201d Parker explained. \u201cEach time we add to our ranks, it\u2019s like a dividend payment on the investment made in our team through the [payroll support program]; instead of building back from collapse, we\u2019re growing to provide more promising careers in good-paying jobs to hard-working individuals who are the lifeblood of our nation\u2019s economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Airlines\u2019 vaccine mandates are also a factor in flight cancellations. The Freedom Flyers \u2014 an organization of airline and transportation workers working to oppose the mandates imposed by airlines and the federal government \u2014 recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/flight-crews-have-reached-their-breaking-point-anti-vaccine-mandate-group-responds-to-mass-flight-cancellations\">disagreed<\/a> with American Airlines\u2019 claim that a spate of cancellations in November was attributable to high winds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe system is stressed as it is and now we have unions coming out and gaslighting their members that if they are unvaccinated, they need counseling and education,\u201d Freedom Flyers founding member Jason Kusinich told The Daily Wire, citing an email from the president of the American Airlines Pilots\u2019 Union, which said unvaccinated crew members need \u201ceducation and counseling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is fighting Joe Biden\u2019s vaccine mandate in federal court. Join us in this fight by signing our <a href=\"https:\/\/lp.dailywire.com\/osha-petition\/\">petition<\/a> to OSHA, telling them that you will not comply with this mandate.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JetBlue plans to cancel 1,280 flights between December 30 and January 13. \u201cWe have seen a surge in the number of sick calls from Omicron,\u201d a JetBlue spokesman said, according to The Wall Street Journal. \u201cWe entered the holiday season with the highest staffing levels we\u2019ve had since the pandemic began and are using all &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1173589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1173589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1173589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1173589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1173589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1173589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}