and alaska airlines both say they simply don t have the staff to fly their upcoming schedule jet blue proactively trimming its schedule through the busy summer travel season by 10%, 155 flights per day. bad weather only adding to jet blue s problems these past few weeks. people are sick, we ve got to get out of this plane. reporter: forcing some flights to divert to other airports. jet blue says the safety of our customers and crew members is our first priority, and our pilots are well trained to manage severe weather meanwhile, alaska airlines struggling with an ongoing pilot shortage is cutting its schedule by 2% through june. for many airlines, their eyes were bigger than their stomachs. they ended up scheduling more flights than they were actually able to operate. reporter: fewer airline seats and higher jet fuel prices mean higher ticket prices domestic tickets now averaging $342 roundtrip, up 35% from last year, up 11% from three years ago. travel midweek, fly tuesdays