Originally Posted by
TheTruth1
Long time lurker; new poster. With all due respect, queue, you should not underestimate the cognitive ability or savvy attributes of some front line crews in this industry, or any for that matter. Not all are simply 'clock punchers' who are uneducated and working just for a paycheck. Some are nurses, retired teachers, business students, MBAs, entrepreneurs, retired C-Suite execs who just want something to do, etc., etc., etc. I myself am one of these. And I am not a FA. I am CSR. Educated at the MA level. Business owner. But enough about my qual set.
What makes you think that I am? I've hardly said enough for you to draw any meaningful conclusions about what I think. For the record, while I honor college degrees immensely, I do not discriminate by them if an individual has a track record of accomplished achievement. Formal "education" usually fails society's most defining personalities.
Originally Posted by
TheTruth1
The fact is that just because a site is beautifully and professionally designed and well thought-out from a legality standpoint does not automatically make it from the company. Of the 5,000+ FAs at "BJ" as you say, not every single one is pro-union. Hard to believe, but some are in favor of the direct relationship. It is quite possible that some of them decided to group together and launch a site. Maybe some are professional web designers/graphic artists on the side. Maybe some have legal backgrounds. Maybe some have lawyer friends. Life is funny; don't make such assumptions. Don't be ignorant. You want to see a site directly from the "BJ"? keepourculture.com
I did proclaim "I'm not surprised if BJ really is behind this website."
Of course there are individuals who are not pro-union. In a roundabout way, I am not also. However, you cannot make the claim that the majority of front-line people are happy working at BJ nor are they
adequately compensated in terms of quality of life and pay.
These are simply inconvenient facts to what b6direct.com claims. If I'm wrong, then what is your explanation of having one union and a second one impending? Wasn't this a function of free-will from frontline employees? How do you explain this phenomena?
It's entirely possible the site is run by just crewmembers. However, it's more likely that it's part of BJ's playbook, which has the M.O. of the consulting firm they hired (the "union buster"). I hope it's not a shock to you that people have opinions. But, I will also offer that the majority of the individuals on the Contact Us page have been there for quite some time and they undoubtedly have top-cover. Believe what you want, but the majority of these individuals are not the typical front line workers.
Contact us ? B6 Direct
Here is what the real front line workers think about BJ.
https://www.comparably.com/companies/jetblue-airways
If you honestly want to keep a "direct relationship", and you probably believe in your cause, then you have to be accountable to the opinions of everyone else.
I would really like you to answer the mail on the vast majority of unfavorable comments from real frontline workers giving real opinions. I think the "direct relationship" approved phrase is an indefensible position. I would really like to know how you could logically support the "direct relationship". How is BJ going to be the world's only exception to the rule, particularly since they already abused the
direct relationship arrangement for years to the point where the majority of employees now have a historical and logical reason to oppose it.
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