Originally Posted by
BananaHammock
I hope I'm absolutely wrong by saying this but I don't believe quality of life will survive a merger contract. Quality of life rules has a cost; JetBlue pilots are most likely going to vote for dollars over rules and they out number us. It's not necessarily they don't want quality of life rules but it's more of a devil that you know deal. They know their contract, it's pluses and minuses, and how to exploit it. They don't know that about our contract so what incentive do they have to vote for any of our quality of life improvements? I mean yeah we convinced the five guys that visit the JetBlue forums online that drop to zero is great but what about the other 99% of the JetBlue pilots that don't come online and read this stupid crap web site
I think your concern is valid but needs taken a step further. The good/bad outcome of this JCBA rests squarely on the MEC and NC. First and foremost is education, education, education of both pilot groups. Both pilot groups need to have all the information (and current information) to make the right decisions. I fly with lots of guys who don’t know the first thing about any other airline’s pay or work rules and are just happy to be where they’re at. The MEC also needs to protect the pilots from ourselves by not bringing a substandard JCBA to vote.