Hey,

Whats the latest with JetBlue? How are they holding up? Any idea on when they might be hiring again? Thanks...

 

We are taking delivery of a few more E190's early next year, increasing the hours by 2500 a month, that should create about 40 vacancies on the aircraft by Feb.

 

I'm hearing the same thing...just talked to a schoolhouse instructor and they are ramping up for alot of training in early 09.

 

i know this is off topic but i just wanted to let you jet blue folks know that you hands down do a helluva job...i just started commuting and jetblue has always taken good care of me...my commute tonight was really enjoyable and i didn't really want to get off the plane...

so thanks guys for getting me home and keep up the good work...

 

I read on the airlinepilotcentral profile for jetblue that OAK was a base? Is that a typo or the real deal?

 

OAK is a satellite base off of LGB. LGB is a base for the A320 only. Basically you must be based in LGB and can bid for trips that start and end in OAK. LGB is quite senior as are the OAK trips. I think there are enough OAK trips to have the equivalent of 10 crews "based" there. I have no idea of how this is working out for JB. If it doesn't work out, JB could pull the plug and everyone flying OAK trips will now revert back to LGB.

Last year a buddy of mine who lives out west and is a captain for a regional airline asked about the base and if he should put in his application. Knowing that he didn't want to commute to the east coast to go to work and figuring that he'd get the E190, I advised against him applying. It would be just too much time away from his family along with a hefty paycut.

I believe that we have a pool to go into the next class. Question is how many will actually come to class? With that being said, it is difficult to determine when JB will interview again. Hopefully soon.

GP

 

Thats a lot of good information, thank you! I was curious about how senior LGB was so thats good to know. Is it correct that all new hires get a seat lock for 2 years, and most likely they will be in the E190? Thanks for all the good info, Im a west coast guy but I would relocate for a while to eventually get back to California. Thanks again!

 

Officially its an aircraft lock not a seat lock so you could hypothetically upgrade in your aircraft in less than two years, however upgrades are more than two years now. As far as aircraft goes you will never see a new hire go into the 320 ever again, because there are guys on the E190 that have there two years in and will always be transitioning over to the 320 when there is a vacancy on that aircraft. I am a E190 FO and I commute from LGB to JFK, there at least a dozen of us that do that and we are all waiting for our two years to come so we can get awarded 320 LGB. Now about that commute, I have been commuting to the east coast for a couple of years now and just like anything else you get use to it. I average 15-16 days off a month and have to stay in the pad 1 or 2 nights a month.

 

I hope the guys in the right seat of the E190 don't get stuck there far beyond the 2 year mark.

AL

 

Recently flew with a Captain at my regional who was in the pool before they stopped classes. He just got an e-mail a few weeks ago about a possible class in Jan or Feb. Hope its true I commute with you guys all the time and hope you guys get some movement.