Originally Posted by
pilotpayne
I am glad you got on at United.
I love the bashing of the JetBlue group
"You guys want to fly to Europe making 40% less") Which one of us on here said that and if you have that type of opinion why did you even take a job here. Wow
I wasn't bashing the pilot group. I was trying to point out that currently JetBlue does underpay their flight crews by such a large % that arguing over pennies when you are owed dollars is short sighted. I get the blue juicers getting defensive but there is a huge disconnect between the industry and what JetBlue currently pays. I wasn't trying to take a jab and I never brought up where I went. I am sorry if some people took it the wrong way.
I want you guys to get paid a fair wage. You fly large aircraft and will have an ever growing presence globally. The fact that you have people incorrectly saying that this is "an 8% raise" and that they need a "25% CBA" in the future just shows that many don't understand how severely they are currently being underpaid. You need to be a united front against management. The first few pay rates alone, are 50% below the legacies when you consider training pay. Benefits only increase the disparity. We only have x number of years to fly planes and every year we make less is exponentially fewer dollars at retirement.
I think you guys deserve much more as a pilot group and are losing sight of the big picture which coincidentally is managements plan. That's all I meant.