Haven't had one of these for a while, looks like nothing has changed. The usual suspects out there trying to spread lies. I'm currently in GJ training and let me tell you that it's a top notch operation. We even talk to TSA training CAs and they all agree that the whole GJ/TSA is BS, they all know that it was handled badly and have nothing against GJ. They all agree that the package as far as pay was not bad for growth of the company. As far as anymosty by "other" pilots, it doesn't exist. Guys that I've talked to have a hard time getting people to know what GJ is let alone being kicked out of jumpseats. Lately the GJ issue has been brought up because it's the first time since 05 where large numbers of TSA guys are going over. Hey TSA made their bed, it's not anyones fault. I really feel sorry for them though because it seems like GJ has come out on top not only with the basics like pay and contract but they're saying in 1 or 2 years GJ will probably be as big as TSA. As far as a merger, everyone including TSA doubts there will be one because of the UNION issue. Republic, Shuttle, and Freedom didn't have the issue of Unions.

Island style I have no idea what new vs old has anything to do with it. If you take a current snapshot of pay and contract it's very average if not better than the other regionals. Also GJ has been in existence for 3 years, vs the decades other regionals, it's actually impressive that as a startup the pilot group has managed to get something decent. We have block or better, decent comp pay, a commuter clause, another perk is kind of nice is 100% free uniforms. We do still JA but it's rare. Also if you have no knowledge of the GJ contract then I strongly suggest you look into it before bashing it on public forums because if you don't know what the contract has then how could you possibly know that the contract is "less" than others?