Originally Posted by
jetlink
Right, you turned down UAL with 400+ retirement annually for 10 years and then 700+ , 100K + second year pay on the smallest a/c, and 16% retirement plan with out BS, not mentioning healthcare coverage.
jetBlue was great, but can't compete with new 3 legacy players anymore, or in compensation for pilots.
Since November, I have moved 5% in seniority within 10K pilot group. The latest UA bid for SFO shows additional 200+ vacancies no filled from system 14-2.
In two years of jetBlue experience on A320 I wasn't moving at all. The movement in jetBlue will be at the bottom 20%, after the rest of the DAL and AA guys go back. The average age of pilots in jetBlue is 42, if you the bottom guy, even if the company doubles in size, you will be stuck for 20 years as a junior CA.
Ask yourself, if JB is such a great place to be, why senior CA bailing out back to DAL?
This is business, noting personal, the moment JB encounters some rough waters, you'll see what direct relationship means, and then your truly yours Managment will bail, after selling you out.
Or they could could just lay off more pilots and shrink to profitability. Plus i don't care to commute to Newark or Houston for the next couple of year when i drive to work. The decision didn't take to long for me and my family. However, If that was DAL I wouldn't have thought twice. Yes I am rolling the dice by staying over going to UAL, only history will tell. You are 100 percent right about the DR and management, I know they will sell us out that is why we need a CBA. As for captains bailing to go back to DAL, AA or UAL who could blame them, I certainly don't. That is a whole different deal than starting over at a new company.