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The point I was making was that the CAA press release was so clearly timed to be a name and shame exercise that it's unacceptable. You have an organisation which is renowned for its Monday to Friday 0900 to 1700 culture and the only time it has ever put out press releases on weekends is in response to a major accident or tour operator failure. By publishing a pro-active release on a Saturday to be picked up by the Sunday press, it minimises the airline's ability to respond if it has something meaningful to say by way of counter-comment.
If it has an ongoing issue with Jet2 or other operators, this is not a professional and balanced way to go about it. It is superficial, subjective regulation that is sadly in keeping with the values of its CEO.
If it has an ongoing issue with Jet2 or other operators, this is not a professional and balanced way to go about it. It is superficial, subjective regulation that is sadly in keeping with the values of its CEO.
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There is a lot of info on airline delay stats, including vast detail on the CAA website. The following link provides a more user-friendly summary.
FLIGHTONTIME.info - Scheduled Airline Delays & Punctuality in the UK
Jet2 have improved over the last few years, but they are still some way down the list.
FLIGHTONTIME.info - Scheduled Airline Delays & Punctuality in the UK
Jet2 have improved over the last few years, but they are still some way down the list.
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If we look at the last 15 scheduled airlines in the FLIGHT_ON_TIME punctuality list, we find JET2 at number 27, with British Airways at number 26, Easyjet at number 22 and Ryanair at number 20. Below JET2 at number 28 is Emirates and at 29 we have Qatar Airways followed by Monarch Scheduled at number 33.
Considering the competing airlines and their brand new fleets, JET2 are doing very well to maintain their position among such strong competition.
Considering the competing airlines and their brand new fleets, JET2 are doing very well to maintain their position among such strong competition.
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Good to see you sticking up for Jet2.com CT, always interesting to hear your opinions on the various share bulletin boards.
I agree wholeheartedly with any criticism of employees that berate the hand that feeds them behind a supposed cloak of invisibility. If you work for Jet2.com and don't like it then please take your moaning elsewhere, perhaps apply for a job with Utopia Airlines!
With regards to 2 Captains and one FO, there could be several reasons but most likely training or an annual check. Also CT please bear in mind that there are quite a lot of us that fly significantly more than 400 hours a year and that flying hours don't equate to duty hours; I regularly work 50 hour weeks!
Finally, with regards to EU261, yes it is law and yes it should be paid but this doesn't make it right. Can you imagine being able to claim £200 if your train is delayed or cancelled, claiming £100 from the Highways Agency when a road is blocked by a breakdown or £50 from your doctor if you are seen 30 minutes late. The compensation should match the service provided, any reputable airline, Jet2.com included, will provide meal vouchers or hotel accommodation when appropriate. Is it right that someone should be able to claim three times the cost of the service when there has been no incidental loss. The whole system is far too heavily skewed to the consumer especially with regards to LCC who are working with incredibly small profit margins, trying to provide a service and keeping thousands of staff employed.
I agree wholeheartedly with any criticism of employees that berate the hand that feeds them behind a supposed cloak of invisibility. If you work for Jet2.com and don't like it then please take your moaning elsewhere, perhaps apply for a job with Utopia Airlines!
With regards to 2 Captains and one FO, there could be several reasons but most likely training or an annual check. Also CT please bear in mind that there are quite a lot of us that fly significantly more than 400 hours a year and that flying hours don't equate to duty hours; I regularly work 50 hour weeks!
Finally, with regards to EU261, yes it is law and yes it should be paid but this doesn't make it right. Can you imagine being able to claim £200 if your train is delayed or cancelled, claiming £100 from the Highways Agency when a road is blocked by a breakdown or £50 from your doctor if you are seen 30 minutes late. The compensation should match the service provided, any reputable airline, Jet2.com included, will provide meal vouchers or hotel accommodation when appropriate. Is it right that someone should be able to claim three times the cost of the service when there has been no incidental loss. The whole system is far too heavily skewed to the consumer especially with regards to LCC who are working with incredibly small profit margins, trying to provide a service and keeping thousands of staff employed.
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I have to agree with castleford tiger, though I personally would like to reiterate that I have no stake in Jet2, or am not in any way associated with them. I would also like to commend DjerbaDevil's comments too, and to Facelookbovvered, just take a look at the document, before making any rash or hasty judgements.
It certainly isn't, and given the way this society has and is continuing to descend into, I wouldn't be surprised when it comes out that people are taking their doctors' surgery to court after been seen 30 minutes late!...
Jet2 offered their first flight from LBA - AMS on 12th February 2003 - Thats just gone 12 years. Channex might have been around longer, but made no impact at all on the passenger market - see Dart Group History
Anyway, that said, as castleford tiger said, there has been 100% growth in the holidays part of the business, so Jet2 must be doing something right! It certainly isn't right that people hide behind websites like this, and slag off their company, and do it in such a manner, even whilst taking the company's dollar...
Older aircraft certainly doesn't mean more going tech. LS keep a good fleet, and although people like Sean Dillon disagree, they are the birds that give him his paycheck, and are obviously very profitable, and from my experience, certainly very smart inside too. Having been on many LS flights myself, and going on another this summer with Jet2holidays, I can say that each have been very smart (even the 28yr old 733QC's), and each have been early on arrival, including LS155 this summer, which went around at TFS, but still managed to land 7mins early. Even better on the return, I landed 32mins ahead of schedule, and even returning at 0100 in the morning, I can say that the crew who had done a full days work were very pleasant and had smiles on their faces as we disembarked. Irrespective of this, it is inevitable that any airline will get its fair share of delays, whether the aircraft has just rolled off the production line, or is going on 30.
And it has, and continues to serve them very well indeed, taking the north on holiday, and that said, their business model of not touching London (unlike any other UK IT/LCC, is a very good one, and shows that the company is staying firm to its northern routes, and so it should! 
Is it right that someone should be able to claim three times the cost of the service when there has been no incidental loss.
just how long have Channex been around?
Anyway, that said, as castleford tiger said, there has been 100% growth in the holidays part of the business, so Jet2 must be doing something right! It certainly isn't right that people hide behind websites like this, and slag off their company, and do it in such a manner, even whilst taking the company's dollar...
Older aircraft certainly doesn't mean more going tech. LS keep a good fleet, and although people like Sean Dillon disagree, they are the birds that give him his paycheck, and are obviously very profitable, and from my experience, certainly very smart inside too. Having been on many LS flights myself, and going on another this summer with Jet2holidays, I can say that each have been very smart (even the 28yr old 733QC's), and each have been early on arrival, including LS155 this summer, which went around at TFS, but still managed to land 7mins early. Even better on the return, I landed 32mins ahead of schedule, and even returning at 0100 in the morning, I can say that the crew who had done a full days work were very pleasant and had smiles on their faces as we disembarked. Irrespective of this, it is inevitable that any airline will get its fair share of delays, whether the aircraft has just rolled off the production line, or is going on 30.
The business model has always been, good quality planes that are lower to fly than new.
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If we look at the last 15 scheduled airlines in the FLIGHT_ON_TIME punctuality list, we find JET2 at number 27, with British Airways at number 26, Easyjet at number 22 and Ryanair at number 20. Below JET2 at number 28 is Emirates and at 29 we have Qatar Airways.
Considering the competing airlines and their brand new fleets, JET2 are doing very well to maintain their position among such strong competition.
Considering the competing airlines and their brand new fleets, JET2 are doing very well to maintain their position among such strong competition.
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Much of the ranking info needs to be qualified
Smaller airlines such as Logan Air & bmi regional only operate a handful of flights mainly from airports that are not slot restricted.
Large airline such as BA & EK operate from airports such as LHR where delays are the norm and getting away a heavy on time with business pax that think they should board 10 sec before push is a challenge.
Like wise large loco such easyJet, Ryanair, Norwegian often operate from busier airports such as LGW, STN its a very different situation from LBA, EMA, NCL, BPL or even Manchester.
This debate over new -v- old is difficult to quantify, i can only go on my personal experience of operating old 737 & near new NG's (under 5 years old) and there is simply no comparison, in the past 3 years of flying NG's only i have had two use the QRH just twice, that was a weekly occurrence flying vintage 12-18 year old CL. The CL is a fine aircraft but when they get old you get snags most are quickly sorted by powering down and up again, but you pick up delays.
It was interesting to read a shareholders view (2%) is a lot !! but any pilot with hours on new or old aircraft will tell you the newer the better, B787 aside perhaps !!
From what i've read Jet2 have caught the CAA's wrath because they (Jet2) lost a court case and should have paid up, but decided to delay pending another court case in the hope of appealing should that case be found in favour of another operator.
Inconvenience is inconvenience, no matter the purchase price, it makes not a dot of difference if i miss a connecting flight because Jet2 arrive late into AMS and i have only paid £30 or i miss it because of KLM (more likely!!) and paid £300, so unless Jet2 and other LoCo's are going to argue that the risk of being late is higher and that's reflected in the price, then they should pay up, the last 3 pages on here wouldn't be nor the negative newspaper and press coverage.
So great to hear Jet2 are doing well, just pay up please
Smaller airlines such as Logan Air & bmi regional only operate a handful of flights mainly from airports that are not slot restricted.
Large airline such as BA & EK operate from airports such as LHR where delays are the norm and getting away a heavy on time with business pax that think they should board 10 sec before push is a challenge.
Like wise large loco such easyJet, Ryanair, Norwegian often operate from busier airports such as LGW, STN its a very different situation from LBA, EMA, NCL, BPL or even Manchester.
This debate over new -v- old is difficult to quantify, i can only go on my personal experience of operating old 737 & near new NG's (under 5 years old) and there is simply no comparison, in the past 3 years of flying NG's only i have had two use the QRH just twice, that was a weekly occurrence flying vintage 12-18 year old CL. The CL is a fine aircraft but when they get old you get snags most are quickly sorted by powering down and up again, but you pick up delays.
It was interesting to read a shareholders view (2%) is a lot !! but any pilot with hours on new or old aircraft will tell you the newer the better, B787 aside perhaps !!
From what i've read Jet2 have caught the CAA's wrath because they (Jet2) lost a court case and should have paid up, but decided to delay pending another court case in the hope of appealing should that case be found in favour of another operator.
Inconvenience is inconvenience, no matter the purchase price, it makes not a dot of difference if i miss a connecting flight because Jet2 arrive late into AMS and i have only paid £30 or i miss it because of KLM (more likely!!) and paid £300, so unless Jet2 and other LoCo's are going to argue that the risk of being late is higher and that's reflected in the price, then they should pay up, the last 3 pages on here wouldn't be nor the negative newspaper and press coverage.
So great to hear Jet2 are doing well, just pay up please
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Like wise large loco such easyJet, Ryanair, Norwegian often operate from busier airports such as LGW, STN its a very different situation from LBA, EMA, NCL, BPL or even Manchester.
Stansted is a doddle compared to Manchester, it may be single runway but its taxiway layout is much less likely to cause delays.
Manchester has a layout which was not designed, it evolved.
On a summers morning in Manchester it can be carnage.
It is a wonder it works as well as it does.
As an aside STN is also ACL level 3, despite it only having about 17 million passengers.
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I don't know where Check Mags On gets his numbers for Stansted, but it actually has 20.6 million passengers. And at the present rate of growth it will probably overtake MAN again within the next year or two (though I hate to admit it...)
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My apologies that was a typo. I meant to say 17 million. Which was 2013 figures. They haven't quite got the 20 million yet. Just missed it by a couple of thousand. Although as you say it is growing fast. But so is Manchester.
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19,978,766 Stansteds own figures for the calendar year 2014.
http://www.stanstedairport.com/media/1321193/stansted_traffic_statistics_december_2014.pdf
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Manchester will be much busier than Stansted in the summer because of all the IT traffic and also Ryanair for the 1st time in several years operated a large program from Stansted rather than parking aircraft up for the winter
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20.6 million at STN in the 12 months ending Feb 2015. And based on ACL data it will catch MAN up quickly in the summer...
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The top and bottom of all this is that, up until 2012, Jet2 ran a far too lean operation with absolutely no backup in the event of things going wrong. There were regular big delays, especially with the 757's as there was no slack. Just look at the OTP statistics.
However, Jet2 have sorted their act out from that point. The OTP has improved dramatically and they now do take delays VERY seriously. For an airline operating with the most vintage fleet, to be comparable to the other lo-co's and have a better on time performance record than their nearest rival Monarch - with a much newer fleet and huge in house maintenance facility is commendable. The behind the scenes effort to pull this around has been huge, and as much as some of the bitter people on here love to slate Jet2, they are a sound airline at the present time, and it must be hugely frustrating for the staff from all departments that have worked their backsides off to try help turn things around, to constantly hear the negative complaining. The business really is booming, of course there are still flaws, but compare the company to five years ago...it has matured considerably despite what some people say on here.
The problem lies with the management. Anyone that has had anything to do with PM knows exactly what I mean. He has put the two year claim rule in place internally, as he knows that the past 6 years worth of delays could financially hurt the company. Even though it's a much slicker operation now, I commend him for his passion, but in this day in age it's not a sustainable way to run an organisation. He needs to hold his hands up and pay out. It would for sure heavily impact the next annual results, but getting your name in the papers for negative things like this is going to do that anyway.
Come on PM, for once just back down and do the right thing for everyone, and for once think of the hard working people that keep the business running each day!
However, Jet2 have sorted their act out from that point. The OTP has improved dramatically and they now do take delays VERY seriously. For an airline operating with the most vintage fleet, to be comparable to the other lo-co's and have a better on time performance record than their nearest rival Monarch - with a much newer fleet and huge in house maintenance facility is commendable. The behind the scenes effort to pull this around has been huge, and as much as some of the bitter people on here love to slate Jet2, they are a sound airline at the present time, and it must be hugely frustrating for the staff from all departments that have worked their backsides off to try help turn things around, to constantly hear the negative complaining. The business really is booming, of course there are still flaws, but compare the company to five years ago...it has matured considerably despite what some people say on here.
The problem lies with the management. Anyone that has had anything to do with PM knows exactly what I mean. He has put the two year claim rule in place internally, as he knows that the past 6 years worth of delays could financially hurt the company. Even though it's a much slicker operation now, I commend him for his passion, but in this day in age it's not a sustainable way to run an organisation. He needs to hold his hands up and pay out. It would for sure heavily impact the next annual results, but getting your name in the papers for negative things like this is going to do that anyway.
Come on PM, for once just back down and do the right thing for everyone, and for once think of the hard working people that keep the business running each day!
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I think that is a fair assessment.
With regards to Monarch OTP they are much improved over the last two years, but yes they were a shambles, a company who thought having a crown on the tail made them royal, when in fact it should have been a joker for that is what they became.
PM may have passion but it's been said before " you can take the man out of freight but can you take the freight mentality out of the man"
I'm not sure how much money you save when the only other operator with an older fleet is Air Atlantique or the historic flight compared with new/newer aircraft but the level of back up that Jet2 now provide doesn't come cheap.
I do agree with other posters that a 2 year limit on claims is fair, provided that a) the passenger were made aware that they were entiteld to claim b) that their claims haven't been kicked into the long grass in the hope that by the time they get to the court stage it past two years.
c) anyone upto the 6 year limit who had submitted a claim but had it rejected by Jet2, but that under the new legal ruling would
have had a valid claim be paid out.
Perhaps the additional profit being earned on the much lower oil price but not lower ticket prices can fund the rebates
Penny wise pound foolish
With regards to Monarch OTP they are much improved over the last two years, but yes they were a shambles, a company who thought having a crown on the tail made them royal, when in fact it should have been a joker for that is what they became.
PM may have passion but it's been said before " you can take the man out of freight but can you take the freight mentality out of the man"
I'm not sure how much money you save when the only other operator with an older fleet is Air Atlantique or the historic flight compared with new/newer aircraft but the level of back up that Jet2 now provide doesn't come cheap.
I do agree with other posters that a 2 year limit on claims is fair, provided that a) the passenger were made aware that they were entiteld to claim b) that their claims haven't been kicked into the long grass in the hope that by the time they get to the court stage it past two years.
c) anyone upto the 6 year limit who had submitted a claim but had it rejected by Jet2, but that under the new legal ruling would
have had a valid claim be paid out.
Perhaps the additional profit being earned on the much lower oil price but not lower ticket prices can fund the rebates
Penny wise pound foolish
Ultimately your ticket price will increase and your family holiday will get more expensive to cover the selfish claim culture
Do commercial insurance companies offer policies that could at least partially cover airlines against this rather silly piece of legislation (and the UK courts interpretation of it)?
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ATNotts - if you feel this is a rather silly piece of legislation may I ask what measures you have taken to have it defeated/amended?
I repeat a post from another thread ...
What I fail to understand after reading various posts on this and other forums is that if people feel so strongly that the law is an ass why do they do little or nothing about it?
When the CAA/NEB produced their list of what were deemed to be extraordinary circumstances when compensation payment should not be paid I understand the EU received representation regarding issuing the list (not confirmed whether these representations were for or against but I believe the vast majority were against) from 22 parties with private individuals being the major contributors. Ask the airline you work for if they contacted the EU in support of this list …. I bet the answer is no.
In talking to my local MEP (who did sit on the EU Transportation Committee) he confirmed that I was the only person who had ever contacted him regarding 261/2004. How many of you (whether in agreement or not) have contacted your MP, your MEP, the UK representatives on the EU Transportation Committee, The EU itself or indeed the EU Ombudsman (who happens to be a lady!) ?
Any representation (which I can assure you is very limited) the airlines make is generally through the CAA however our NEB is, in effect, funded by the airline industry so you can understand why the EU have some difficulty with this.
There is an election coming up in the UK soon…. Some of you might vote, others not however there is no point in complaining about how the country is run if you don’t vote. Likewise there is no point in arguing with the odd poster on this or other forums if you believe that 261/2004 is flawed, you would be better spending your time taking the matter up with the people who matter.
Scratchingthesky - Jet2's own figures (basically hidden in their Year End report) indicate an additional 50p per passenger per flight. I believe an extra £4 per family per holiday is not a lot to pay for 'insurance' if your flight is delayed by over 3 hours. EU estimated figures actually are actually slightly higher than this but they refer to everyone on a delayed flight claiming.
I repeat a post from another thread ...
What I fail to understand after reading various posts on this and other forums is that if people feel so strongly that the law is an ass why do they do little or nothing about it?
When the CAA/NEB produced their list of what were deemed to be extraordinary circumstances when compensation payment should not be paid I understand the EU received representation regarding issuing the list (not confirmed whether these representations were for or against but I believe the vast majority were against) from 22 parties with private individuals being the major contributors. Ask the airline you work for if they contacted the EU in support of this list …. I bet the answer is no.
In talking to my local MEP (who did sit on the EU Transportation Committee) he confirmed that I was the only person who had ever contacted him regarding 261/2004. How many of you (whether in agreement or not) have contacted your MP, your MEP, the UK representatives on the EU Transportation Committee, The EU itself or indeed the EU Ombudsman (who happens to be a lady!) ?
Any representation (which I can assure you is very limited) the airlines make is generally through the CAA however our NEB is, in effect, funded by the airline industry so you can understand why the EU have some difficulty with this.
There is an election coming up in the UK soon…. Some of you might vote, others not however there is no point in complaining about how the country is run if you don’t vote. Likewise there is no point in arguing with the odd poster on this or other forums if you believe that 261/2004 is flawed, you would be better spending your time taking the matter up with the people who matter.
Scratchingthesky - Jet2's own figures (basically hidden in their Year End report) indicate an additional 50p per passenger per flight. I believe an extra £4 per family per holiday is not a lot to pay for 'insurance' if your flight is delayed by over 3 hours. EU estimated figures actually are actually slightly higher than this but they refer to everyone on a delayed flight claiming.
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I wrote to my MP recently on another travel related issue and I found the whole experience to be very positive. The local MP got me the information Ineeded and in good time.
With EU261 one however, I won't be writing to anyone about it. I feel if airlines have spent millions battling this through a court of law then what can I do? I'm just one little person writing to my MP.
With EU261 one however, I won't be writing to anyone about it. I feel if airlines have spent millions battling this through a court of law then what can I do? I'm just one little person writing to my MP.
