Originally Posted by
60av8tor
I was thinking the same thing. What is it you guys are trying to do? Think twice if a legacy calls? We all fly people in airplanes to various locations. Some are lucky enough to do it for a lot more money, with better work rules, better support, and better schedules. Why would someone stay at factory x and do the same crap for less than factory y.
We’re blue collar workers. We’re not a non-profit that’s going to change humanity for the better with some miraculous discovery/invention. I know nothing about Breeze and what you’re “trying to do”, but that type of comment frustrates me as, IMO, it plays into management kicking cans down the road (not just yours, but any management in this industry). “Just hang in there, we’ll eventually give you what you deserve.”
You have a technical skill that is transferable to gain maximum reward for you and your family. No one (or idea) in this industry is going to be so transformative that it’s worth putting up with garbage to support some pie in the sky idea.
This isn’t against Breeze as I know nothing about it other than the call sign. If it works for you and your family - awesome. Stay 40 years and be happy. But espousing some group think between pilots and management… We are labor.
There’s also a chunk of breezy bois that are patiently awaiting a merger with UAL/DL/WN. Go back a few pages and you’ll see that discussion.
Breeze mgmt has made it clear on multiple pilot calls that they can’t pay what legacies or even what JetBlue pays and stay in business, they have also made it clear that they don’t want to do direct contribution 401K, they want to do just profit sharing instead. This isn’t a knock on Breeze, if anything they are learning from B6/NK that you can’t pay anywhere close to legacy rates with 17% DC and charge $40 for a seat and expect to make money. If you come to breeze with that in mind, and live in base you’ll have a much better time.