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Old 04-30-2019 | 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by 360KIAS
I see my analogy upset some folks. Oh well.

The takeaway is that people who work at one place, and complain that they don't make as much as employees at the other place do can either a) apply to the higher-paying place and move on up, or b) accept that they work at a place that pays them less. Of course, trying to convince mgmt to increase their wage is always an added option to b) (in fact, it is the preferred option to whining on an internet forum about how they deserve more).

No one's arguing that our skills are worth something. But EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU at JB applied knowing the differences between JB and the legacies. Why accept the job, if it wasn't what you truly wanted? That seems to be the point of contention between those who like it here (85-90%) and those who choose to complain.

I prefer to enjoy my days off, save as much as I can to enjoy my life after JB, and live life to the fullest. Getting mad about where I chose to work is stupid, because that is where I CHOSE to work. I have no one to blame but myself if my life were to suck because of my job.
Different screen same talking points from;

2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2019
and now.

Doesn't make it right. Just the same portion of the learning curve continually repeats itself as we continue to hire.

I have seen it on every committee I have been on. The company counts on newbie ignorance to slow the pace of the pilot group down as they learn for themselves all the lessons the previous committee group or pilots in the group have already learned.

Then we hire some more and the process repeats itself. 360 is what this company is desperate to find. Those that have 4.5-grade point average in TMAAT you turned a negative into a positive, looked the other way, found the bright spot, made a conflated rationalization. Then the company adds them into a project pilots status or interview team which makes them even more special and that the rest of us don't see or have the full picture of bluejet. Funny thing is our eyes are wide open and theirs are not yet. Sometimes they open and sometimes they are not. But it takes time which is what the company is counting on.

Time. It keeps marching on.
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Old 04-30-2019 | 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by BlueJetDork
Different screen same talking points from;

2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2019
and now.

Doesn't make it right. Just the same portion of the learning curve continually repeats itself as we continue to hire.

I have seen it on every committee I have been on. The company counts on newbie ignorance to slow the pace of the pilot group down as they learn for themselves all the lessons the previous committee group or pilots in the group have already learned.

Then we hire some more and the process repeats itself. 360 is what this company is desperate to find. Those that have 4.5-grade point average in TMAAT you turned a negative into a positive, looked the other way, found the bright spot, made a conflated rationalization. Then the company adds them into a project pilots status or interview team which makes them even more special and that the rest of us don't see or have the full picture of bluejet. Funny thing is our eyes are wide open and theirs are not yet. Sometimes they open and sometimes they are not. But it takes time which is what the company is counting on.

Time. It keeps marching on.
Yeah, but you knew JB was going to get worse when you got hired. And lemonade.
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Old 04-30-2019 | 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Bluedriver
Yeah, but you knew JB was going to get worse when you got hired. And lemonade.
So funny
Filler
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Old 04-30-2019 | 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by BeatNavy
Tell me more about 5% of the PS going to retirement? I think you just outed yourself as a non-pilot, or a really ill-informed one.
You've been here longer than me. If you're not aware of how your retirement is being funded then I cannot help you further.
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Old 04-30-2019 | 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by 360KIAS
You've been here longer than me. If you're not aware of how your retirement is being funded then I cannot help you further.
Retirement Advantage no longer applies to the pilot group.

If you are referring to the ledger entry at LSC then, of course, the left pocket is funding the right pocket.

That is what is happening now with our base pay rates and block hours and pairing construction and PTOSB, new VDA FCFS window (prem OT) and other items to get the new contract as close to zero cost. It is what this company has always done.

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Old 04-30-2019 | 11:54 AM
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Wow somebody resurrected a thread of mine from 9 years ago and now it's turned into
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Old 04-30-2019 | 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by 360KIAS
You've been here longer than me. If you're not aware of how your retirement is being funded then I cannot help you further.
If I had three hands they would all be plastered to my forehead.
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Old 04-30-2019 | 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by hilltopflyer
You do realize jetBlue used to pay the avg of the legacies correct? So your argument is what now... that you see bluejet as a
Tier 2 airline?
Yup until they changed the rules. Just like PS both were just fine until.......
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Old 04-30-2019 | 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueJetDork
Retirement Advantage no longer applies to the pilot group.

If you are referring to the ledger entry at LSC then, of course, the left pocket is funding the right pocket.

That is what is happening now with our base pay rates and block hours and pairing construction and PTOSB, new VDA FCFS window (prem OT) and other items to get the new contract as close to zero cost. It is what this company has always done.
I think there was an article that pretty much said by the end of this Q or next the cost “headwinds” from the pilot contract will be 0....that was quick.
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Old 04-30-2019 | 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by pilotpayne
I think there was an article that pretty much said by the end of this Q or next the cost “headwinds” from the pilot contract will be 0....that was quick.
And totally foreseeable. Heck, it was near zero on day 1.

"We will get 'em next time!"®
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