Originally Posted by
OversoldCommute
Would you mind sharing what they said as far as staffing projections? I'm a poolie and have a few friends swimming as well.
Right now it sounds like they would be targeting Q4 2021 for class dates. Originally, there was hope for Spring which got pushed to Summer and now leaning Q4 2021. JBU (JetBlue University) has been working on a training budget for up to 200 new hire pilots next year. This would have the University see about 26,000 training events in 2021, roughly 22K (2020) and 19K (2019). A significant amount of those events will be to accommodate the additional flight attendant that will be used in LR/ETOPS cabin. So there's hope but nothing guaranteed. JetBlue has definitely taken advantage of this scenario, so if they see a scenario where they need the new hires (2019 level capacity plus expansion for ETOPS), they'll pull the trigger.
On another note, having looked at the last supplemental bid, it appears those new hires that had started but not finished LOE may have been displaced to the 190. This doesn't sound great but given JFK 190 saw about half its roster move off the fleet, I think they will actually have to complete training for them in order to backfill the 190, which in turn triggers them off training pay (completion of LOE) and onto CBA pay rates.