Originally Posted by
p1ayn
Maybe I misunderstood of the last post or who it was directed at. I apologize for that, as well as my frustration. However my viewpoint is remains the same on the union issue is all. I am not happy with the devaluation of our insurance however i firmly believe having a union would not remedy that and if it does it will be at the expense of another benefit. The whole country has an isurance issue that is just reality. My issue is directed at the extremist attitude toward other fellow JB pilots who happen to feel the same as I do. To each thir own and I respect the pro unioners on their opinion as i have always stated in past. I do not however believe in the constant attacks with childish statements, "head in the sand" "tools", "Illinformed" to name a few only because someone does not believe in having a cba. That is my only issue. My belief is that although we do have a few things to iron out, as a whole JB is a great place to be at, has more benefits than negatives and we do "I" and I repeat, "I" feel the issues do not justify having a union. That is it. It amazes me how the issue itself is causing division amongst us when we are a successful airline.
Cheers..
Here's the advantage of getting your insurance taken care of in a CBA: the company can't just arbitrarily change things year after year. As it stands now, people are running around talking about insurance premiums doubling next year, and it's entirely possible. With a CBA with insurance language, there are things they can and can't do. For example, where I am now, we're pretty much locked in what we have until we re-negotiate (or the court kills it in bankruptcy court). It actually worked to our advantage being under a CBA in negotiations for 7 years. We were still paying late 90s insurance rates because of the CBA until a new one was negotiated. Sad part is, I fly CRJ-200s, and our insurance is better than what jetBlue has.
Yes, insurance is bad across the country, but that's not an excuse to accept below par insurance compared to other carriers. If a REGIONAL can do it, then I'm sure the jetBlue pilots can come to an agreement that both protects them as well as profits for the company as a whole.