Realistic

THIS IS THE PLACE

Through all of the flight-deck ranting, one question has been recurring over and over. When are we going to get a bulletin board to start talking? There are a few pilots who've looked into setting one up and nobody wants to risk attaching their name to a URL or a web-hosting account.
For now, this is as good a place as any and the resources available on this website are very good. It does take a few days to get registered but anonymity is assured. I wrote to the owners and this was their response:

"The short answer to your question about anonymity is: Yes - you and
you're friends at jetBlue are assured of complete anonymity if they
wish it. The ONLY exception is if we are required to do so by court
order. This has never been a problem and we don't expect it to be,
although it is our policy to cooperate with LAW enforcement agencies.
We do have measures in place to remove questionable posts from our
forums, so we hope things never get to that level."

"Privacy on the Airline Pilot Central forums, and the site in general, is
covered in our Privacy Policy and published on our site. In short WE
don't share any personal information provided to us by our users.
Disclosure of info on the forums is limited by individual posters based
on the content of their posts, but be assured that APC does not disclose
information about individual posters. That said, we strongly discourage
anyone from posting any identifiable personal information on ANY
Internet forum."

I feel pretty good about this site. I would encourage anyone who plans to speak their mind in such a way as to offend the establishment - to stay away from information that may in some way identify you.
The court order is a concern, so please do not use names (including management), make sure you understand what defamation is, and never-ever threaten anyone.

I have spoken to numerous jetBlue pilots and the word is going out about this forum. Please - if you're looking for a place to build concensus and hash things out, let other pilots know about this web-site.

Communications between jetBlue pilots is lacking to say the least. It is essential that we start to talk about what is bothering us. Particularly with a new survey coming out. If there is a message to be sent, the survey will be the first place to start.

Thank you in advance for taking the time to read and to speak your mind.

Fly Safe

bluerthanyou

I'm spreading the word. Why don't you copy some of those rants from the other site? Thanks for standing up - even if we are anonymous.

SWAjet

Question to any JetBlue pilot

Has JetBlue ever not renewed a pilot's 5 year contract?

Realistic

No.
But it would be nice for some of us to have a round table with a conract attorney some time.
Know any?

FNG320

That would be an excellent idea. Especially since they keep making changes to the flight scheduling guide that affect our pay, but we have no approval over. An example it the change in the definition of the "red eye pairings" like ONT, SEA etc to reduce the number of pairings that get the trip rig. Personally I feel that the flight scheduling guide is a DEFACTO part of our contract and can't/shouldn't be changed unless we approve it. Just my opinion.

FNG

SWAjet

My opinion is that it's just a matter of time before there's a union on JB property. Job security alone is worth the dues.

But make sure you don't go ALPA.

Realistic

bluer,
We need more pilots up to bring a rehash over from the hangar. Some people are having trouble registering.
If you are, please e-mail: [email protected]
We'll get rolling soon.
Keep talking,
Realistic

HSLD

We've seen a spike in the number of AOL users having trouble getting the registration verification email (from airlinepilotcentral.com), AOL is notorious for bouncing messages that IT decides is SPAM. Members using AOL accounts may need to review their spam filter settings. In your spam filter settings, add "airlinepilotcentral.com" as a domain that you wish to accept email messages from.

The account verification process should take about 5 minutes, as soon as you register - the verification message is sent. We've checked the verification script under several configurations and it is sending the verification message as expected.

Regards - Paul

Bluetiful

QSO finished meeting last week and this was a concern. I think your going to see some real positive changes in the near future.

FNG320

Excellent. Has anyone heard any specifics on the meeting? Flight scheduling guide, pairing construction, virtual basing, reserve work rules, etc...?

FNG