FurloughedAgain,
[quote] I could care less whether they're union or not.

What they need to do is go get the book rates for:
Delta 737-200
Southwest 737-200
Northwest DC9-10/-30
AirTran B717
Frontier A318

average all of those ~100 seat payrates and come up with something that is realistic for a profitable, growing, major airline.

FurloughedAgain:

So just how many of the airlines in this list are profitable?? and Jetblue should use their rates and follow in their shoes??? No logic here.

I have faith that JetBlue will adjust the rates when the competing BK majors stop lowering the bar on ticket prices [and cutting their employee pay to cover the losses]. Once the E190 is established and profitable the pay rates will go up, like they did for the A320. Once the ticket prices can rise to cover fuel and a pay raise, the raise will come, or else we'll get it in the form of profit sharing, but a pay raise for the 190 pilots would be my vote.


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