JetBlue

8 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Feb 4, 2019 by David Neeleman · said 80 times in 23 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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Everything said about JetBlue, oldest first

Feb 4, 2019 negative
Opinion
Neeleman asserts JetBlue's board was completely wrong to remove him as CEO
“It was not only devastating, but it was just absolutely the wrong decision.”
David Neeleman Feb 4, 2019 ▶ 53:24 JetBlue Airways: David Neeleman
Feb 4, 2019 negative
Insight
Neeleman views employee unionization as a fundamental failure of corporate leadership
“You know, I always thought if our people need someone else to come tell us how to treat them, then that would be pretty tragic. If I thought I didn't treat our people well enough that they needed somebody else, then, you know, that's not the company I wanted t…”
David Neeleman Feb 4, 2019 ▶ 46:39 JetBlue Airways: David Neeleman
Feb 4, 2019
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Neeleman: JetBlue chose Airbus even after Boeing dropped its 737 price
“Boeing ended up coming below that number, which I would have shaken with him on the first day but we were, we went with Airbus, and we've had a great relationship with it.”
David Neeleman Feb 4, 2019 ▶ 43:48 JetBlue Airways: David Neeleman
Feb 4, 2019 neutral
Assertion Supported
JetBlue was originally planned to launch as Virgin America with Richard Branson
“And I, you know, I was talking to early, to Richard Branson early on. JetBlue was going to be called Virgin America.”
David Neeleman Feb 4, 2019 ▶ 40:14 JetBlue Airways: David Neeleman
Feb 4, 2019 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
JetBlue raised an unprecedented $135 million before launching commercial operations
“We moved, I moved the family to Connecticut in July of 99, and we were, you know, full bore, had raised a hundred and thirty-five million dollars, and so we were ready to go.”
David Neeleman Feb 4, 2019 ▶ 42:03 JetBlue Airways: David Neeleman
Feb 4, 2019 positive
Insight
Neeleman: Resolving service mistakes properly should increase customer loyalty beyond baseline
“If you have a, make a mistake, or you treat someone poorly, or whatever, you need to make them more loyal having had an issue with your company than if they had not had an issue in the first place.”
David Neeleman Feb 4, 2019 ▶ 49:40 JetBlue Airways: David Neeleman
Feb 13, 2020 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Every JetBlue reservation agent works entirely remotely from their home
“At JetBlue, we have all of our reservationists at JetBlue are in their home. They don't work at the office.”
David Neeleman Feb 13, 2020 ▶ 8:21 Live From The HIBT Summit: David Neeleman of JetBlue Airways
Apr 30, 2026 bullish
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Neeleman: Breeze Airways has highest NPS of any airline he's founded
“It's the highest NPS score I've ever seen in any of my airlines I've ever started.”
David Neeleman Apr 30, 2026 ▶ 4:21 Advice Line with David Neeleman of JetBlue
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