Originally Posted by
O2pilot
JB will not survive the next downturn. They are only profitable because its easy to be profitable right now. They have lost almost half their market value in the last 5 years while every other airline (Except American) is increasing. JB has no feed, so the network carriers will wipe them out in the next downturn.
Leave while you can.
Meh, I'm far from a JetBlue cheerleader, but you're off on a couple points here. Market cap is absolutely not indicative of the company's financial health, and we were printing money a couple years ago when not everyone was. We were in far more danger of going out of business in the '08-11 slowdown, and didn't furlough a single pilot. For the most part we are our own feed with the E190s.
That said, the legacies (with the possible exception of AA) are in far better leadership positions right now. Our management is the worst we've had in my time here, and can't decide if they want to be Spirit, Allegiant, or the old Midwest Express. I don't think we're going anywhere, but I'm also 43, live in base, and have 12-plus years on property, so I have the golden handcuffs on. If I was the OP and had the opportunity listed here, I'd be gone in a second.
He/she will have company culture, flying opportunities, and general lack of buffoonery that I believe probably won't ever exist here.