Originally Posted by
BunkerF16
Were you under the illusion we were going to buy/lease widebody aircraft, or that there was going to be significant turnover in seniority based on retirements due to the advanced age of our pilot fleet?
You're right. They could copy/paste Delta's contract and remove "Delta" and replace with "Jetblue" and the legacies would still be more attractive to many due to your above concerns.
Is what it is. Back in the early 2000s, JB was the only gig in town hiring. Now, everyone is. Depending on where you are on the JB seniority list and how old you are, will determine whether it makes sense to start over or not.
I'm not talking about me. It's not likely you will teach me much about this industry. I said, we will have a very hard time attracting pilots when the market tightens further. Joe said, ya but we will have a new contract, all is good.
I'm saying a new contract will help, but we fall short on many other valuable metrics that a CBA won't fix.
You still confused?