Originally Posted by
SWAcapt
One thing to consider that i have not seen mentioned, has to do with mergers and acquisitions. If another airline buys JBLU, you can all be stapled on the bottom as was done with Morris Air (non union) when SWA bought them. If you have a collective bargaining agreement (union), you could negotiate an integration or have it decided by an arbiter. If SWA were to ever buy another airline, I sure hope that they are not collectively represented. I do wish you guys the best in whatever you decide though.
I'm an outsider (big brown) and am pro-union myself however I'm not sure you can use this buyout/merger argument here. For example being part of a union didn't help the TWA pilots in the so called acquisition by AA (my TWA friends called it ‘union authorized rape’ 
).
There are many other good reasons for joining a union I just don't think this is one of them.
I too wish you all the best whether you decide to join a union (would be my choice) or not.