Originally Posted by
yournamehere
Alpa and the NKS MEC have lost their way. It is very sad. FO and CA pay is less than jblues e-190 rates. We went on strike for that. As far as work rules, that is ridiculous. The quality of life is ABSOLUTELY NO DIFFERENT between them and us. You can spin it anyway you want, but in the end we lost. I heard, "Jetblue pilots can have their work rules changed anytime". Guess what, we got our work rules changed in the first month after ratifying a new contract, ala transition rules. And I have to give 2 percent of my pay for this BS.
The reason for the current transition conflict snafu is simple, they have no respect for us, thanks to the 74 percent ratification of this abysmal contract. Expect to see more treading on us in the future. Nobody respects someone with no guts.
No argument here either. But realistically, 74% voted for the contract and a large majority of that 74% are probably mostly happy with their vote. In order to change things, that 74% will have to believe in the change. It is, and was, purely political. This will only be changed with political change, but the majority voted for the current regime and also voted for the contract. These people need to think that their decision was correct. If they continue to feel slighted because of their vote, they will just go and vote for the same old same old. Whoever runs, and whoever wins will need to be able to speak to all of the pilots or we will just return to the days when HL ran against C2003. No one want's that do they?