Originally Posted by Bluedriver

JetBlue's business model is and has been to grow, but it has NEVER been to compensate its pilots at full industry average (which only includes airlines that are way above our boxing weight). I have confidence in that model. I do believe JB could now pay those levels of compensation, but at the expense of a high growth rate. Choices must be made.

JB has never fully "met the cost of doing business", not since the day you were hired, or before. Never have. That was good enough for you when you got hired and needed a bunch of seniority......

Alaska and Airtran have much more mature networks and revenue streams. They are also much slower growing. Growth is a punch-line among Alaska pilots, but hey, they have better pay and benefits. Its funny, when you were junior, you chose the high growth, lower pay model, but now......

And again, Alaska is more profitable, but they are NOT more profitable BECAUSE they pay better. They have a different network, different code share setup, regional monopolies and 80+ years of corporate and network maturaties. And better management.

You keep suggesting we are an airline that we are not. We are not the airlines in our peer set , not even close.