Originally Posted by
JulesWinfield
We had a JB jumpseater the other day. Totally agree. Their contract, as is, is a lot better than ours in many ways. I think we only benefit from having JetBlue. People who want frontier just don’t see the path forward with JetBlue, so it makes them nervous.
Just so you know…you don’t instantly go on their contract once you merge. You have to have a 3 party negotiation with the company, Spirit ALPA and JB ALPA. My guess is that JB ALPA isn’t going to just agree to get no contract gains so that Spirit pilots can all be moved up to a better contract. So its going to be a long negotiation. Also the company will not really want to have any work rule or pay improvements so they will just filibuster as long as they can. I’d be shocked if it was less than 5 years to get a new contract. By then everyone will have a chance to go to a Legacy that will already have new contracts.