Yeah right! I'm sure they would treat their employees exactly the same if there was not the "threat of a union."

Not to mention its very easy to compete against mature companies with employees on 12th year pay with their employees all starting on year 1 pay. Oh and no heavy maintenance on new jets does not hurt either. Jet Blue does seem to provide a very good product, but not because they don't have unions. Lets see what their second decade looks like.

A buddy of mine who is a very senior Captain there, says the 5 year contract is a total non-issue because they know the very first time they don't renew a contract there will be an union drive. He even says there are guys who should have been fired who have not been, because the company does not want to start a union drive.

Scoop