Originally Posted by
FlippingCups
Im all for Jetblue if everyone at Jetblue realizes that Spirits QOL and scheduling flexibility and ability to drop to 0 is something we can achieve in a JCBA. jetblue can't drop below 70hrs without PTO. I am home almost everynight. I maybe have had 3 overnights this whole year so far. As a junior lineholder when I started, I was able to do the same. This to me is PRICELESS!! If every JB guy can understand this and communicate with their NC to try to work with Spirit NC to agree on implementing this in a JCBA then im all onboard. If this is all about money, then you all should apply to UAL or Delta. 100% of the people I know that have applied there over the last year have been called within 3-4 months and are hired! I believe if JB pilots will work with us and spread the word to their fellow pilots that we have a great system here and to adopt it while still getting a pay increase, it can work.
Otherwise, JB combined with Spirit will just be another airline, no QOL, no ability to drop, etc. Might as well just leave and work at the big 3 and get paid for it.
I am confident a JCBA with JBU/SPA will be quite good. A good JCBA will go a long way to mitigate integration/attrition issues, and the cost will be a drop in the bucket compared to the total acquisition cost, especially when you consider it could curb attrition, one of the biggest issues each of these airlines face right now (to a point where it is now and will continue to impact growth). Also, the time value of them not getting a JCBA and delaying the integration puts leverage on the pilots’ side. And when we are talking 8,000+ pilots negotiating with jetblue mgmt vs 5k pilots negotiating with F9 mgmt/Franke, I know which negotiating position I’d rather be in.