{"id":319290,"date":"2026-06-25T11:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/319290\/"},"modified":"2026-06-25T11:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T11:38:08","slug":"marty-st-george-isnt-playing-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/319290\/","title":{"rendered":"Marty St. George Isn&#8217;t Playing Around"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s post is sponsored by:<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.volantio.com\/\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\" class=\"image-link image2 can-restack\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/620c824b-c6b0-4df0-9ee0-9af7ac151954_2186.jpeg\" width=\"1456\" height=\"307\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/620c824b-c6b0-4df0-9ee0-9af7ac151954_2186x461.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:307,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1258134,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.volantio.com\/&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theairlineobserver.com\/i\/203311345?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F620c824b-c6b0-4df0-9ee0-9af7ac151954_2186x461.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" alt=\"\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"sizing-normal\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Overbookings. Downgauges. Irregular operations. Peak flights where moving passengers unlocks real yield. Every day, airlines face situations that require fast, controlled passenger moves and the manual process is slow, costly, and inconsistent. Vector is Volantio\u2019s newly launched AI execution platform that turns intelligence into action. Agents follow the rules your team defines and act inside your existing PSS in seconds. Vector requires no new infrastructure needed and is deployed in weeks. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theairlineobserver.com\/p\/mailto:sales@volantio.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Contact us<\/a> to get started today.<\/p>\n<p>Dear readers,<\/p>\n<p>When network planners join JetBlue, Marty St. George likes to play them a scene from \u201cGlengarry Glen Ross,\u201d the film adaptation of the David Mamet play about a group of competitive, big-city real estate agents. In St. George\u2019s favorite part, one of the main characters is explaining the rules of a sales contest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe punchline is: \u2018First prize is a new Cadillac, second prize is a set of steak knives, and third prize is \u2018you\u2019re fired,\u2019\u201d St. George said.<\/p>\n<p>St. George isn\u2019t suggesting he\u2019ll fire planners for proposing losing routes (though given the airline\u2019s tenuous financial position, cash-negative routes are not ideal). Instead, he\u2019s reminding them that the No. 3 position in an airline market is worthless, while No. 2 is just OK. In a scale business, the top dog wins a disproportionate portion of the profits \u2014\u00a0and that\u2019s what JetBlue seeks. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theairlineobserver.com\/p\/jetblues-top-priority-is-to-become\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Anywhere, really<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have never had a focus city where we were reliably No. 1 by a big number,\u201d St. George said. \u201cThe joke I said in the meeting was the only place we were reliably No. 1 in the market was in Presque Isle, because we\u2019re the only guy that flies there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, JetBlue has its chance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today\u2019s post is sponsored by: Overbookings. Downgauges. Irregular operations. Peak flights where moving passengers unlocks real yield. 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