Originally Posted by
nuball5
A lot of our really junior pilots were able to upgrade to the 190 due to this NEA flying, so this isn’t some big victory for JetBlue and the pilot group like some are making it out to be. NEA just failed….what if the Spirit transaction fails….where does that leave us?
They just got out of the NEA for free. Zero penalties have to be paid to AA now. The NEA was a necessity of Covid but it no longer serves JB well. It super concentrated our network into already stressed airports and destroyed our route structure.
I think it also only enhances our argument for the merger.