Originally Posted by
benzoate
Jetblue claims they cannot afford to provide you a raise without Domestic codesharing which will stagnate growth and seniority.
The PAR claims in a CBA world it cannot take things away YET you have had your health insurance gutted, premium pay reduced from 70 to 78 hours, vacation diminished, PTO arbitrarily changed from premium to base and back to premium, block hours reduced and your overall earnings potential capped.
While the claim that something cannot be taken away is contractually correct jetblue has proven that it does and will make any changes it feels are necessary to your detriment.
I agree with what you are saying, but would like to add a few points about what they can and do take away. Reference the PPA (Pilot Protection Agreement). It clearly states that the PVC must give their consent to continue a code share. It also states that neither the PVC nor the company can base PEA changes (compensation) on the condition of code-share. Both of those are currently being ignored since the company wants full and total control of unlimited code-share with no PVC input, and the company has clearly stated on numerous occasions that in order for us to get a raise, we much allow unlimited code-share.
The PPA, which is part of the famous 5 documents that was pushed to the pilots about a year and a half ago, is being ignored. I'm not sure what they mean when they say they can't take away anything, while at the same time they are ignoring what limited protections we do have. Most guys signed the PPA having no clue what it said, and there were a few that read the "summary" provided by the company. The last person I flew with asked me what a PPA was! The company is taking (and has previously) taken advantage of the pilot's lack of knowledge related to the PEA, 5 documents, FSM, etc. Thankfully, at least now we have a PVC that is calling them out. Unfortunately, the PVC doesn't have too much of a leg to stand on other than informing the pilot group, which doesn't typically pay attention to their rights afforded under our so-called contracts.
Is the company still preaching "organic" growth?