JetBlue Airways By: Amanda Albert & Mia Millevoi
Inside JFK Day of Crisis February 14 th, 2007 JFK International JetBlue Headquarters Stranded, Starving, Freezing 131,000 people affected (The New York Times, 2007)
“Wait and see” weather approach Dependence on reservations system Untrained emergency control center Poor communication system (Bailey, 2002)
Be quick, be accurate, be consistent David G. Neeleman, CEO Created Twitter account Public addressed on February 21 st Late call to Port Authority (Coombs, 2007)
(Jet Blue Airlines, 2012)
Public appearance on David Letterman -$42 million in revenue “We should have acted quicker” 2011 Pilot Breakdown Crisis (BloombergBusinessWeek, 2007)
1.Planning & Preparation are crucial. 2. Timing is everything. 3. A crisis can make or break you.
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