Originally Posted by
localizer
What is this 5 year contract/5 day renewal? I know it doesn’t apply now, just curious.
Before ALPA jetblue pilots operated under a Pilot Employment Agreement (PEA).
It originally had a 5-year term and a 30-day renewal window where either party (sure) could elect not to renew.
Then it was changed to a 5-day window and that was supposed to be an improvement (sure).
Then it was changed to a 5-day window with a single 5-year automatic renew.
The idea was to have a narrative that we were not at-risk employees. But we were in the 5-day window where the company for any reason could non-renew ... terminate you. To which many said: "they would never do that". Sure!
Somehow idea was floated and stuck that JetBlue had a no furlough policy. The truth is we DID have a no furlough policy. Think of it this way: if a force reduction was needed back in the day the company would simply open an excel spreadsheet and sort by renewal dates and start to non-renew contracts that are in the renewal window (a hundred or so each month) and thereby full its promise to the pilot group to not furlough you.
"No furlough policy" is Jetblue speak. Learn it fast!