Those are all fair and valid points. As long as JetBlue has no pilots on furlough and RSA's are voluntary, there are no gross moral violations. Just realize every RSA picked up this summer is validation of management's lean staffing. Come next summer that's one fewer pilot required beneath you on the seniority list. One fewer reserve pilot to make the grid green to allow you to swap or drop a trip. When you can't get a summer vacation until you're crazy senior in your seat and base, don't complain.

Someone mentioned the infamous not building the church for Easter quote by a former executive. JetBlue is more than welcome to not staff for Easter (summer, holidays), but there's a price associated with that. If good will on behalf of JetBlue pilots keeps the operation running, then management should make sure that good will doesn't run out. Month after month of bid divisors reaching up into the 90s and a slowing pace of contract negotiations sure don't make much good will.

I have never met a JetBlue pilot who actively wanted a flight to cancel or for the operation to not be successful and profitable. Most of the desire for not picking up RSA's is geared towards sending a message to the company that the staffing model doesn't work and needs to be fixed. In fact with the increased focus on running an on time airline, improving staffing could go a long ways towards improving recovery from IROPs that cause the need for all these RSA's.