Originally Posted by
Kellwolf
Elaborate more on scope since I'm clueless. Are we talking about potential outsourcing (XJT did some B6 flying for a while during the E190 start up period) or job protection from mergers/acquisitions?
jetBlue is a near perfect fit for me (despite the insanely long upgrade, but then again going to Delta is gonna be a near-decade upgrade, too), but one of my main concerns is the airline being bought, then having to start all over again.
No there are no talks of outsourcing, and our CEO wrote letter to all of us squashing the AA rumors, he said there is no talks, no looking, no chance, of JB merging with anyone, we have a uniqe culture and product and they want to keep it the way it is. As for the scope, the JB pilots don't want to see the same thing happen here that happen at Midwest, so we want scope. It will be along the same lines as Southwest scope, all flying will be done by JB pilots, No 50 seat scope, No 70 Seat scope, but I guess there will have to be 6 seat scope for cape air. As for the XJT flying, that was paid for by embrier because of MX issues with it, did not cost jetblue or its pilots a thing.
As for long upgrades at majors, it not as big of a deal at the majors, you actualy make a very livable wage so it does not suck as much to be an Fo, First year your gonna make about 50K, 65K second, 75K third and by 5th year you should make 6 figures. hope this helps