Originally Posted by
Ted Striker
I don’t know why everyone is getting their panties in a bunch over this. It’s obviously not that important to the company or the grand plan if their best and final offer was a one time 2% cola. If it was really that important for Jetblue, the company would have made sure this passed with something we could not refuse (like free profit sharing language) and there was no chance of wasting such an opportunity for the future of Jetblue. So that tells me we send it back and if it’s that important to Jetblue’s future then they will come back and make sure it passes. If they don’t come back to the table then it wasn’t that important anyway and they were looking for a quick scope grab. You think the ELT and board would risk a once in a generation, future of jetblue deal and all they pony up was a one time 2% raise?
I think that’s fair and maybe we can get more, but if you look at the negotiating environment there has never been a worse economic situation for the industry. If we were in the middle of section 6 negotiations you could bet they’d be asking for concessions. 2% plus job protections isn’t all that bad considering. Guess we’ll find out.