NEW YORK - I ka wā i haʻalele ai ʻo David Neeleman ma ke ʻano he Luna Nui o JetBlue Airways Corp. i hoʻokahi makahiki i hala, ua hoʻohiki ʻo ia ʻaʻole ʻo ia e hoʻomaka i kahi mokulele ʻē aʻe.
"E hōʻike ana iā ʻoe i ka manaʻo koʻikoʻi ... ʻo kēia manaʻo Brazil," i ʻōlelo ai ka mea hoʻokumu ʻo JetBlue e pili ana i kāna ʻoihana hou loa, he mokulele - ʻoiaʻiʻo - e hoʻopiʻi i ka poʻe Brazil ma ka lawelawe a me ke kumukūʻai.
ʻO ka makua kāne 48 makahiki o ʻeiwa i komo i ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ʻekolu mau mea lawe kaʻa ma ka ʻākau o ka equator, ʻaʻole ʻo ia e hoʻokuʻu hou i kekahi ma kēia ʻaoʻao o ka honua i kekahi manawa koke.
"Inā hele mai kekahi iaʻu a ʻōlelo mai, eia ka $400 miliona e hoʻomaka i kahi mokulele ma US, ʻōlelo wau, 'ʻAʻole,'" i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Neeleman ma ka ʻaina awakea ma New York i ka pule i hala.
ʻO ka aila ʻoi aku ma mua o $ 120 i ka barela, ke hoʻolōʻihi nei ka hoʻokele waiwai a me ka hoʻokūkū paʻakikī o ka home e ʻoki nei i nā mokulele. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā mea lawe kaʻa US i hōʻike i nā poho nui i ka hapaha mua. ʻElua - Delta Air Lines Inc. a me Northwest Airlines Corp. - ke hui nei e ho'āʻo e hōʻemi i nā kumukūʻai, a ua ʻōlelo ʻia kekahi mau mea ʻē aʻe e ʻimi koʻikoʻi i ka hui pū ʻana.
ʻO nā mea noiʻi a me nā mea hoʻomohala ʻoihana e like me Neeleman e ʻōlelo nei i ka hopena i kēlā mau pilikia, e pale ana i ka hōʻemi nui ʻana o nā kumukūʻai aila, ʻo ia ke oki i ka hiki - ka helu o nā mokulele a me nā noho e alualu ana i nā poʻe holo. Ma kahi ākea, ʻo ia ke kumu e pono ai nā mokulele e hoʻohui, wahi a nā mea loiloi; pono lākou e hoʻopau i nā ala a me nā hubs.
Akā ʻaʻole makemake ʻo Delta a me Northwest e ʻike i nā ʻoki hiki, e ʻōlelo ana e mālama lākou i kā lākou hubs a me nā ala, i kēia manawa.
"Ke hoʻokūkū nei mākou a pau, ʻaʻohe mea makemake e lilo i mea mua e huki hope," wahi a Neeleman. "Inā hana lākou, a laila lawe ke kanaka ʻē aʻe i kāna mākeke. No laila, aia mākou a pau i kēia ... ʻo Bataan Death March, e hele pū ana a nalowale ke kālā.
Akā ʻokoʻa ʻo Brazil, wahi āna. ʻElua mau mea lawe, ʻo TAM Linhas Aereas SA a me Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA ka mālama ʻana ma mua o 90 pakeneka o ka mākeke, a ʻo nā kumukūʻai ma kahi o 50 pakeneka kiʻekiʻe ma mua o lākou ma aneʻi, wahi āna. ʻAʻohe lawelawe kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa e kamaʻilio ai; ʻaʻole hiki i ka poʻe hiki ke lele ke hele lōʻihi ma ke kaʻa.
No ka mea e koi ana ka hapa nui o nā mokulele Brazil i nā poʻe holo e hoʻololi i nā mokulele ma nā hubs, ʻo ka mokulele ʻo Neeleman, ʻo Azul - ʻo ia ka Pukiki no Blue - e hoʻopiʻi i nā huakaʻi kiʻekiʻe ma o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā mokulele nonstop. Ma ka ʻaoʻao haʻahaʻa, e hāʻawi ʻo ia i nā kumukūʻai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā tiketi kaʻa, me ka manaʻo ʻaʻole e lawe wale i ka māhele mākeke mai nā mea lawe o Brazil i kēia manawa, akā e hoʻowalewale i ka poʻe lele ʻole.
"Manaʻo mākou he ʻekolu a ʻehā paha ka nui o ka mākeke," wahi a Neeleman.
Akā ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ke komo ʻana i ka mākeke mokulele ʻo Brazil ma mua o ka mea i ʻike ʻia.
"Ke kūʻē nei ʻo Neeleman i nā hōʻailona ikaika loa," wahi a Bob Mann, he loea mokulele kūʻokoʻa i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Port Washington, New York.
"ʻAʻole maʻalahi ka mākeke kūloko o Brazil," wahi a Mike Boyd, ka pelekikena o The Boyd Group, kahi hui kūkākūkā Evergreen, Colorado. “He hale kupapaʻu ka wahi no nā mokulele. … ʻO kēlā ʻōlelo nui, inā hiki i kekahi ke hele inā ʻo ia, ʻo Neeleman ka mea."
Manaʻo ʻo Boyd ʻo ka ʻike o Neeleman e kālele ana i nā mea kūʻai aku e lawe iā ia i kahi lōʻihi ma Brazil, kahi a Mann i ʻike ai e kū ana i nā pilikia e like me ka US.
ʻO ka mea lawe hou a Neeleman kani i kahi JetBlue-ish liʻiliʻi. E hoʻohana ia i nā mokulele E-118 noho 195 i hana ʻia e Brazil's Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica SA. Hoʻohana ʻo JetBlue i kahi mokulele Embraer like. E hoʻokomo ʻia nā mokulele me nā noho ʻili a me ka TV satelite manuahi - nā mea i ʻike ʻia e nā mea kūʻai aku ʻo JetBlue akā ʻike ʻole ʻia ma Brazil.
Hoʻolālā ʻo Neeleman e hoʻomaka i ka lawelawe i ka makahiki aʻe me ʻekolu mokulele, a laila hoʻohui i kahi mokulele i hoʻokahi mahina a loaʻa iā ia he 76 i ka lawelawe. Ua hoʻonui ʻo ia i $ 150 miliona (€ 96.6 miliona) - ma kahi o ka hapakolu o kēlā mai Brazilian, ʻo ke koena mai ka US - a ua hoʻolilo ʻo ia i $ 10 miliona (€6.4 miliona) o kāna kālā ponoʻī. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Neeleman ma Brazil a ʻo kona makuakāne i ka ʻāina ma ke ʻano he mikionali Moramona. Loaʻa iā ia ke kamaʻāina Brazilian a me ʻAmelika, kahi e hoʻopuni ai iā ia i kahi kānāwai Brazil e pale ana i nā kamaʻāina ʻē mai ka loaʻa ʻana o 20 pakeneka o kahi mokulele.
E lele ʻo Azul ma ka ʻāina i ka wā mua, akā hiki ke hoʻohui i nā ala honua ma hope. E mālama pilikino ʻia ka mokulele, me ka manaʻo e hele ākea i kekahi lā. Na Neeleman ka mana koho.
"ʻAʻole e loaʻa iaʻu ka pilikia like (i loaʻa iaʻu) ma JetBlue," wahi a Neeleman. "ʻAʻole au e nalowale, ʻike ʻoe, ʻaʻole wau e kāhāhā e like me kaʻu i hala."
A ua kāhāhā ʻo ia, i ka manawa i noi ai ka papa ʻo JetBlue iā ia e haʻalele i ka luna nui a hāʻawi i ka mana hana o JetBlue i ka Pelekikena Dave Barger i mau mahina ma hope o kahi ʻino hau ʻino ʻo Valentine's Day 2007 i hoʻopau ai i nā kaukani o ka lele ʻana ma ka ʻĀkau Hikina.
Ua kala aku ʻo Neeleman no ka hala ʻole o JetBlue a ua hana koke ʻo ia e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia hana o ka mokulele. No ka laʻana, ua hoʻolimalima ʻo ia i ka luna alakaʻi o American Airlines a me ka luna o ka Federal Aviation Administration Russ Chew ma ke ʻano he luna hoʻokele.
Akā ʻo nā ʻanuʻu o Neeleman e hoʻoponopono iā JetBlue ʻaʻole i pale i ka papa mai ka hoʻoholo ʻana ʻo ia ka pilikia.
"He mea weliweli ia, he mea i manaʻo ʻole ʻia, ʻaʻohe mea i ʻōlelo ʻia," wahi a Neeleman no ka hoʻoholo o ka papa. Akā ua hoʻohui ʻo ia, "Pono wau e lawe i ke kuleana no ia ... Ua kamaʻilio wau me nā mea āpau koe wale nō ka papa, pololei. No laila, ua hoʻomohala ka papa i kona manaʻo ponoʻī e pili ana i ke ʻano o nā mea a me nā mea e hiki mai ana.
Ua noho ʻo Neeleman i luna o JetBlue, akā ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole ʻo ia e kū no ke koho hou ʻana. Ke kūʻai aku nei ʻo ia i nā ʻāpana ʻo JetBlue ma ke ʻano he hoʻolālā hoʻololi maʻamau, a ʻōlelo ʻo ia e hoʻomau ʻo ia e hana i nā manawa kūpono.
Ua hōʻole nā luna o JetBlue i ka ʻōlelo. I ka wā o ka hālāwai kūkā i ka mahina i hala e kūkākūkā ai i ka loaʻa kālā o JetBlue, ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo Barger iā Neeleman no kāna hana ma JetBlue, a makemake ʻo ia e pōmaikaʻi i kāna ʻoihana hou.
Ua hoʻomau lōʻihi ʻo Neeleman e ʻoi aku ʻo ia ma mua o kahi mea hoʻokele mokulele nuts-and-bolts. ʻO ia ka Luna Nui o Azul i kēia manawa, akā ke nīnauele nei i nā luna hoʻokele Brazil e holo i nā hana o ka mokulele i kēlā me kēia lā ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi nui. Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo Neeleman ua aʻo nui ʻo ia e pili ana i ka launa pū ʻana me kahi papa alakaʻi.
Akā ʻaʻole maopopo ʻo Neeleman ʻaʻole wikiwiki e hoʻi i ka ʻoihana mokulele US. Nīnau ʻia e pili ana i ka buzz hou loa, kahi hiki ke hoʻohui ʻia ma waena o UAL Corp.'s United Airlines a me US Airways Group Inc., pane ʻo Neeleman: "ʻOliʻoli wau i koʻu hele ʻana ma Brazil."
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