Anyone using Jet Blue at JFK (JET BLUE's HUB) will feel the pain of international travel when returning to the US. My last 2 trips returning to the US, I almost snapped waiting to go through immigration at Jet Blue's terminal 5 at JFK.
The way it used to work was when you left JFK internationally, you left through terminal 5, but when you returned, you went through terminal 4. At terminal 4 all flights coming back to JFK regardless of what airline you used came back through terminal 4. At worst my wait would be 20 minutes. Now you return through terminal 5, Jet Blue has its own immigration and it is ABSOLUTELY FUCKING TERRIBLE.
AN HOUR AND FUCKING 45 FUCKING GODDAMN FUCKING MINUTES TO WAIT ON FUCKING LINE TO PASS THROUGH IMMAFUCKINGRATION. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME, WITH ABOUT 300 PEOPLE ON LINE THEY HAVE 1 FUCKING GUY CHECKING PEOPLE IN, ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME. AND THE GUY GETS UP AND LEAVES HIS STATION FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES.
THIS SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME A FEW MONTHS AGO AND IT WAS FUCKING HORRIBLE, BUT THE NEXT DAY ON THE NEWS I SAW THEY BAGGED A LADY WITH HEROIN IN HER MAMAJAUNA BOTTLE, SO I FIGURED THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE REASON. THIS TIME THE WAIT WAS 10 MINUTES LONGER AND NO DRUG BUST BUT STILL ONE FUCKING GUY CHECKING EVERYONE IN. WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU KIDDING ME.
NOW YOU COME INTO THEIR IMMIGRATION ROOM WHICH IS SO BACKED UP WITH PEOPLE AND NO ONE KNOWS WHAT TO DO. YOU HAVE TO GO UP TO THE SELF SERVICE COMPUTERS AND ENTER YOUR PASSPORT AFTER THAT THE MACHINE SPITS OUT A TICKET. IF YOUR TICKET HAS A RED X ON IT, YOU HAVE TO GO ON ONE LINE AND IF IT HAS NO X ON IT, YOU GO ON ANOTHER LINE. THE SIGN THAT EXPLAINS THIS (RED X'S HERE) IS ON A POST THAT IS WAIST HIGH. WITH 300 PEOPLE ON THE LINE SNAKING BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH, YOU CAN'T SEE THE FUCKING SIGN. I'M SHAKING WITH ANGER AS I TYPE THIS.
THE RED X LINE WHICH IS MOST OF THE PEOPLE, HAS ONE GUY CHECKING THE PEOPLE IN. THE LINE WITHOUT THE RED LINE HAS 4 PEOPLE CHECKING YOU IN. THE NO RED X LINE HAD 5 PEOPLE ON IT AND THE RED X LINE HAD 300 FUCKING PEOPLE, HELLLLLLLLFUCKKKKKKIIIINNNNGGGGOOOOOOOO IS IT ME. THE FLIGHT LANDED AT 2:50PM AND I GOT OUT OF THERE 5:15PM AFTER GETTING MY SUITCASE AND THEN WAITING ON ANOTHER FUCKING LINE TO CHECKED OUT BY 2 ASSHOLE CUSTOMS DOUCHE BAGS.....................
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