As rogue JetBlue airline attendant Steven Slater hits the talk shows this week to discuss his freakout on Monday, it's quite clear that he has the sympathy of the man on the street. All of us have wanted to quit a job with a flourish -- grabbing two beers and hopping on an inflatable slide will be hard to beat -- and all the ninnies talking about his putting potential ground crews in danger by inflating the slide will soon find something else to get all puritanical about.
David Neeleman, founder of Brazil's new Azul Airlines, is seated in the back of his armored Ford Fusion, stopped in a rush-hour traffic jam between the airport and his office in Sao Paulo. "How did he get dengue fever?" he asks Paulinho, the rotund, well-armed cop who moonlights as his bodyguard/driver.
Fortune: Lessons of the fallupdated: Thu May 29 2008 11:54:00
What goes up must come down. It's a law of CEO physics. Every year a few star bosses succumb to it and lose their jobs. Most reemerge smoothly a few years later with a new job, an investment fund, or a philanthropy project. But whether it's out of shame or an optimistic focus on the future, few ever discuss what it's like - for a CEO, a spouse, or even the CEO's kids - to survive the fall from a corporate pinnacle.
JetBlue is about to become the first US airline to offer passengers free e-mail at 35,000 feet
JetBlue Airways founder and Chairman David Neeleman admitted Tuesday that he wasn't pleased when his company's board forced him to give up the CEO spot in May, and said he believes he'd still have the job if not for the ice storm and service meltdown that hit the airline in February.
JetBlue Airways ousted its founder from his CEO job Thursday, three months after the service problems that stranded passengers on grounded jets for hours dented the airline's reputation for customer service.
A member of the House transportation committee, urged more regulation of airline service in a hearing Friday, as committee members expressed frustration with the Federal Aviation Administration and the airline industry over remedies for extended delays, confusion and inconveniences passengers have endured.
Lately, anytime you put the words "corporate" and "blunder" in the same thought, Wal-Mart inevitably seems to come up.
JetBlue CEO David Neeleman said Tuesday that the meltdown the airline experienced in the past week could end up costing the company about $30 million - but won't cost him his job.
After canceling nearly a quarter of its weekend flights, JetBlue said Monday that it will extend widespread cancellations, but said it plans to announce its own customer "Bill of Rights" after facing severe criticism from a Valentine's Day ice storm that snarled operations at its main hub in New York.
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Among the problems being faced by U.S. airlines and passengers, unusually strong February winds at high altitudes are causing unscheduled landings and higher costs, according to a published report.
Fortune: GET A LIFE!updated: Mon Nov 28 2005 00:01:00
Gregg Slager saw the clock nearing midnight, sighed, and reached for the next file. All along the 25th floor of Ernst & Young's headquarters at 5 Times Square, lights were ablaze. It was another 80...
CNNMoney: Snack time on Deltaupdated: Wed Mar 09 2005 08:09:00
Delta Air Lines, in a continuing struggle with low-cost competitors, said Wednesday it will scrap its food-for-purchase on certain routes, and instead will make a limited offering of free snacks for customers in economy class.
Unless you've spent the past four years in a bunker, you're probably familiar with the JetBlue success story. By offering comforts like satellite TV and leather seats, the discount carrier soared t...
Fortune: Book Reviewupdated: Mon Jun 28 2004 00:01:00
As veteran airlines writer James Wynbrandt shows in his excellent new book, Flying High, it took JetBlue's hyperkinetic free spirit David Neeleman to extend the revolution started by Southwest's He...
While most of the airline industry wrestled with turbulent times after the September 11 terrorist attacks, CEO David Neeleman navigated JetBlue into one of the most remarkable success stories in modern American aviation.
David Neeleman's busy schedule once made it so hard for him to pick up his clothes from the dry cleaner that he'd sometimes buy new ones instead. That changed after JetBlue's founder got a flier in...
Just as JetBlue flight 389 comes to a complete stop, crew member David Neeleman unsnaps his seatbelt, jumps to his feet, and cracks a smile. "Have a great vacation and thanks for flying with us," h...
In a room strewn with hamburger wrappers, union officials lay on the floor in silent, stunned exhaustion. John Darrah, president of the pilots' union at American Airlines, was still at work. It was...
JETBLUE AIRWAYS (JBLU) CEO: David Neeleman Tenure: Four years Price: $26 52-week range: $19 to $37 Profits: $55 million Est. 2003 P/E: 23 Revenue: $635 million Market cap: $1.7 billion
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When JetBlue Airways CEO David Neeleman boards one of his 23 Airbus A320s, passengers often ask if they can invest in the company. With JetBlue's April 12 IPO (JBLU, priced at $27), they can.
When we interviewed JetBlue CEO David Neeleman last March, the airline founder had plenty of cash in the bank and a business plan that sounded strangely lucrative in an industry notorious for slim ...
Preparing to meet JetBlue Airways CEO David Neeleman--by all accounts the most successful, innovative airline founder to hit the scene since Herb Kelleher--I'm thinking I'll encounter a certain swa...
FSB: Editor's Notesupdated: Tue May 01 2001 00:01:00
Every issue of a magazine has its heroes, and you usually get to read about them in this space or on our Contributors page. In this magazine, our fourth annual Big Idea issue, I might normally tell...
You can find business advice in the oddest places, but few people look to the airline industry--save Southwest and perhaps Continental--for tips on making customers happy. Add JetBlue Airways and i...
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