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Old 01-24-2021 | 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Roy Biggins
Couple things stick out. New admin obviously, but also a Senate to go with Biden’s agenda. He’s ready to throw another 2 trillion in relief packages. He’s just getting started. Aside from that, Delta announced they expect to profitable by 2nd or 3rd quarter this year. Frontier is hiring. Spirit is recalling their extended leave peeps and talking about summer classes. Southwest cancelled all their WARN notices. Obviously their data analysts are seeing something we’re not privy to. I can only assume future bookings are rapidly climbing. The vaccine rollout seems to more defined now. I have seen several prominent Democrats advocating for an end to lockdowns. The mainstream media is basically an of arm of the Democratic Party. You don’t think they’re gonna stop pumping this Covid fear now that they have mission accomplished? They want Biden to succeed. That won’t happen with an economy in ruins.

These are just a few things that come to mind in the last 6 weeks. And JetBlue is gonna be the only LCC to furlough when the recovery is gearing up? We’re not widebody exposed. The playing field has been leveled for the first time since JetBlues inception. They have opportunities now that were never possible before. They were in a great position to weather this storm. And NOW in May they’re gonna furlough? I don’t see that. I think we’re getting played. I’m all for meeting the company half way, but a 2% pay raise ain’t doing much for me. I’m going to reiterate what Copy has been preaching: now is the perfect time to get our profit sharing formula back. I’m very, very skeptical of this upcoming TA, but we shall see.

They came to us, and they really want this. One thing I love about our company is the scope language. I’m concerned about management coming to us and asking to give that up.
I couldn’t agree more. I am no longer worried about furloughs, I’m worried about missed opportunities for contractual gains. I am not sure we will get a better profit sharing formula but I do think 3% raise in cola would set a great precedent going into negotiations in 2022.
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