Originally Posted by
WaterBoarder
Explain to me how that $55/h will change by voting in a Union?
Automatic pay increase?
First it will take about a year until the union is legally up and running.
During that time, no negotiations between company and pilots, because they just gave up the right to deal directly with management.
Then the new contract needs to be negotiated.
No yearly review of pay issues, as we have right now, during that time.
Am I against pay raises? Of course, not.
Let’s assume the new contract, usually good for five years, will get some more
money into the hands of the pilots.
How much money do I have to pay for Union dues?
How much money are the Union reps being paid for not flying?
What if company does not want to give us a pay increase? Then what?
Are you ready to strike? How long are you willing to?
You want to talk numbers? Give them to me.
You probably have no clue.
Go ahead; try to convince me to vote for a Union.
I don’t except more than a one-line answer from you crybabies.
A union will save your job when the company unfairly tries to fire you. Through scope clauses, a union will prevent all or some of your flying from being shifted to other carriers. I'm not familiar with what kind of leverage you use with the company right now at JetBlue, but it sounds like you're stuck with what the company decides to pay you. The best contracts in this industry have always been at union carriers. Someday, push is going to come to shove and you'll be glad the "crybabies" over there voted in a union where you're paying less than two percent of your wages for the protections and leverage you'll get.