Boston JetBlue reserve
11-25-2013 | 07:11 AM
#51
SDQ Base Chief
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From: 320 CA
Internal recommendations are basically letters from existing pilots who vouch for the applicant. You aren't guaranteed an interview just because you have an internal rec (but it helps).
Yes, you can have a blue dart and still write letters of recommendation for other people.
11-25-2013 | 07:27 AM
#52
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11-25-2013 | 07:40 AM
#53
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From: A320 Right Seat
11-25-2013 | 07:45 AM
#54
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Damn right, you'll be in class soon!
Yes, In the past this was true, but starting Jan 4 you will get a max of 5on and min of 2off for reserve due to the FAR117 regs and how jetblue is buffering them.
Yes, In the past this was true, but starting Jan 4 you will get a max of 5on and min of 2off for reserve due to the FAR117 regs and how jetblue is buffering them.
11-25-2013 | 06:46 PM
#57
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Slightly off topic but I'm curious if anyone could talk about how the retirement/401k looks at JetBlue? Is the info on the APC profile up to date? How about the new hourly pay figures? I guess the ones on the APC profile are outdated?
11-25-2013 | 07:23 PM
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Retirement:
100% matching up to 5% of your salary. Plus another 5% of some sort of "profit sharing" and another 3% for some other sort of profit sharing.
It's all kind of weird as they have to have these retarded "workarounds" to give the pilots some semblance of retirement because we are not a separate work group, thanks to us not being union.
Bottom line:
1. You kick in at least 5% and bluejet contributes 13% total of your salary.
-or-
2. You don't kick in any, bluejet contributes 8% total of your salary.
Like I said, it's sort of retarded.
By comparison, Alaska pilot gets 15% from the company no matter how much the pilot kicks in on their own.
100% matching up to 5% of your salary. Plus another 5% of some sort of "profit sharing" and another 3% for some other sort of profit sharing.
It's all kind of weird as they have to have these retarded "workarounds" to give the pilots some semblance of retirement because we are not a separate work group, thanks to us not being union.
Bottom line:
1. You kick in at least 5% and bluejet contributes 13% total of your salary.
-or-
2. You don't kick in any, bluejet contributes 8% total of your salary.
Like I said, it's sort of retarded.
By comparison, Alaska pilot gets 15% from the company no matter how much the pilot kicks in on their own.
11-25-2013 | 07:30 PM
#60
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Upgrade:
Difficult to tell. The E190 goes fairly junior relative to other carriers. I'm guessing 2-4 years. Most jr. airbus captain seems to be around the 7 year mark.
The fly in the ointment regarding the quick E190 upgrade is this: Will you even remain a "jetblue" pilot in a year or three as bluejet sells that thing off to Mesa/Republic/TransStates and you go with it? Since we don't have a CBA, our "fragmentation language" is complete dogsh*t and it's not beyond the realm of possibility that you'll end up on the street while airbus FOs junior to you keep their jobs at bluejet.
Isn't being a non-union carrier grand?
Difficult to tell. The E190 goes fairly junior relative to other carriers. I'm guessing 2-4 years. Most jr. airbus captain seems to be around the 7 year mark.
The fly in the ointment regarding the quick E190 upgrade is this: Will you even remain a "jetblue" pilot in a year or three as bluejet sells that thing off to Mesa/Republic/TransStates and you go with it? Since we don't have a CBA, our "fragmentation language" is complete dogsh*t and it's not beyond the realm of possibility that you'll end up on the street while airbus FOs junior to you keep their jobs at bluejet.
Isn't being a non-union carrier grand?
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