Originally Posted by
Noisecanceller
I don’t think anyone that got hired at JetBlue or Spirit can honestly say they thought they would work for that company without some sort of merger or even mergers during their time there.
Growing organically and working for one company without consolidating doesn’t happen as a pilot. Those that did retired early because the company went under eventually. The second we all realize that this or another merger is going to happen to both of these companies at some point, and the sooner we all realize that straight DOH is never going to happen the sooner we all will sleep better.
I imagine that many complaining about 100% DOH voted against ALPA several times and think they would always work for an organically growing JB and that they could negotiate better pay and QOL on a personal pilot contract. If they did vote for ALPA and are also complaining about straight DOH then they are hypocrites. A lot of the reason for bringing ALPA on property was bc the group knew consolidation was inevitable and being ALPA would be better in when it did.
And straight RS is never going to happen. And why should you keep all your relative seniority, gain the additional retirement movement JB has that NK does not, get moved up to (and hopefully above) JB's higher pay? Sounds like a win-win-win, while you expect JB pilots to give up their future seniority progression by shoving hundreds of young pilots ahead of them? Massive loss, and needs to be considered.