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March 8th, 2007, 15:07
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Shaolin NY, ACK MA
Posts: 589
 |  Russ Chew?
Just announced that he is the new COO of jetblue, is he a good guy? pro controller? well liked or disliked?
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March 10th, 2007, 00:21
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Alpha Tango Lima
Posts: 9,854
| Re: Russ Chew?
He is a real idiot. . . Anti controller, pro-privatization of the NAS. . . Well. . . excuse me. . . VERY disliked. Oh yeah - Anti labor. . . kiss any union, or union dreams / honest contract negotiations down the drain. He is a money hungry capitalist, was at AA, was at the ATO, and I'm sure he will continue his greed fest at JBU. Good luck, batten down the hatches, and brace yourself for a nice long struggle. |
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March 11th, 2007, 13:53
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| ATC  Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 437
| Re: Russ Chew? Quote:
For the last four years or so he was the COO of the FAA's ATO (Air Traffic Organization) ... the branch of the FAA that was supposed to business like. I love that term used in the FAA ... we are "like" a business, that is like being sorta pregnant. The guy was a disaster and is responsible for much of the mess the FAA is presently in. I love flying jetBlue, I fly them often... sad to see that they hired this zero... oh well, I better cash in my jetBlue rewards soon. | |
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March 11th, 2007, 20:09
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| Old Skool  | Re: Russ Chew?
I sat in on a meeting with him when he was running ATO. Showed up late, spent most of the time on his Blackberry, left early (OK, it wasn't that important). I don't think his performance (or, lack therof) can really be an indicator of anything. So far, nobody's been able to effect large-scale upgrades to the air traffic system. I think he bailed when he realized he'd be at a focus point of the User Fees debate. Will he be good for JetBlue? Only if he can convince Davis Neeleman to stop trying to reduce the number of employees per plane. Judging from his ATC staffing initiatives, I don't think that will happen. |
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March 11th, 2007, 20:59
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| ATC Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 437
| Re: Russ Chew?
You make a good point ... being the head of anything in the FAA is an almost impossible job. Seeing how things have gone in the FAA under Chew I just don't have any confidence in the guy, morale just plunged under him. I would say the only move he made that was good is he was the first one to jump off the sinking FAA Titanic. It was only a week ago that he was taking some high level job with Hawaiian Airlines... now jetBlue ? Also ... what happened to not being able to work for an FAA "customer" after leaving the FAA ??? Normally we are required to wait a year or more ... jetBlue had a rough year... they are having a lot of growing pains. I just read there is a software problem with the E190's ... |
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