right now, get 20% off dentures. we do anything to make you smile. a top southwest airlines executive testified in front of congress over the holiday meltdown. to mess with him, when he showed up for the hearing, congress canceled. yeah, he said the problem is solved, but i m not sure i believe. he flew to d.c. on jetblue. the u.s. airline industry is coming under increased scrutiny as congress launches investigations into southwest airlines and the faa. some lawmakers are also pushing to increase consumer protections. the doj is cracking down on mergers for fear of anti-trust violations. joining us now, the ceo of jetblue, robin hayes, and mike barnicle, who is with him, has the first question.
robin, thank you for being here today. nothing joins americans together more than their frustration over airlines. now, jetblue, which i fly frequently, too frequently, actually, is about, perhaps, to merge with spirit airlines. you have a deal with american airlines. how does that help me or others, average travelers, how does that help make our lives more convenient? mike, first of all, thank you for flying jetblue so much. we do appreciate it. look, this is all about bump up his status. we can talk about it off air. look, we happen to think a bigger jetblue is better for everybody. the biggest challenge we have is we are 5% of the market. you have four massive airlines in the u.s. that have about 20% of the market, so 80% all together. the rest of us have 20% between us. so whether it is our commercial
so what? former boxing champ was caught punching a fellow passenger on a plane. the answer is a. iron mike tyson. mike tyson repeatedly punches a guy on a plane and that was on jetblue. imagine how angry he d be if it was on southwest. it s been a bit of a ride for the republicans in 2022. historically, the party that s in power going into the midterms loses everything. the house, the senate, the car is. it always looks like the republicans are going to get the house. you know, it s really like, oh, the senate. you look across the country, there are some races, high profile senate races with prominent people running. pennsylvania, a battle between john fetterman and dr.
he was narrowly defeated by a former president who also served time for corruption charges. now back to who can forget 2022. what former boxing champ was caught punching a former passenger on the plane?ou the answerth is mike tyson. repeatedly punches a guy on a plane. imagine how angry he would be i it was on southwest. that was on jetblue. id for the republicans in 2022. the party in power going into the midterm loses everything. it always looked like theen republicans were goingat to get you look across the country. some high profile races witherma
what an easy job observing people. i can do that. call the fbi. i will observe you. at a hospital being observed by medical professionals, not just by a police officer. i thought that was anticlimactic. do you have any idea of what happens? i don t have children, you tell me as a parent. what do you do? you get the bag, you stick your kids head in the bag, he yacks, and then you act like nothing happens. then you just push his head back. i ve never had to do that! i think the late it was a little extreme. yes. i have wonderful experiences with my flight attendants. this morning i was on jetblue. we had a lot of problems. first of all, the wi-fi was broken, she kept on saying it was in-op, short for inoperable. it took me a bit to figure out.