Bluedriver

Explosive? That's funny! We slow our growth every year, sometimes even more often than that. We are no longer a rapidly growing airline.

But, at least we have no pilot retirements and a garbage contract!

#keepsgettingbetter

atrdriver

Three upgrades for the upcoming quarter! Explosive growth indeed...

The thread title should be "Why wouldn't you leave jetblue for united?"

Beechnut

I think a graph would work really well here.

Std Deviation

Oh man, then I would have to dust off the single suit I use for weddings and funerals and tailor it to fit after the 20 pounds I've gained flying red eyes so I have something to interview in.

Andy

Sometime between your first and second heart attack.


Want to go to FedEx or UPS? Jumpseat on them and sit through a sort in the middle of the night while waiting for your flight out of MEM/IND/SDF. I'm pretty sure that the person who thought up the zombie craze had to sit through an overnight sort.

Big E 757

Now that is funny, right there!

AMC190

In the current world conditions, how does this question apply today?

Rama

If you get in before the diversity hires, you will have a ton of people junior to you.

busdriver12

Sure, because there’s SO MANY diversity types out there waiting to be hired.😳 Obviously completely unqualified, of course.

Give me a break.

BeatNavy

I think that’s largely a function of seniority/longevity, age, where you live or want to live, and what you want out of your job. If you live close enough to drive to JFK, it’s probably a wash location wise. Driving to work in Florida at B6? Probably not ideal to begin commuting to UAL. West coast guy and not super senior at blue? Prob worth it to switch. In general, bottom 10%, probably even bottom 20%, it’s probably worth leaving. Depending on the variables, maybe even bottom 30% or even higher. Want to fly widebodies? Probably worth leaving. Want to check that “legacy” box for career satisfaction/ego purposes? Prob worth leaving.

We definitely aren’t out of the woods with covid. This whole delta variant and rising case counts and fear and such will likely result in, at a minimum, more delay for business and international to return, at worse another period of time burning $millions a day. JetBlue now has lower net debt than they did pre-covid. Not sure about UAL, but regardless, if I’m in the safeish zone at one airline, going to the very bottom of another carries some risk, especially one that’s already levered quite a bit. On the other hand, it’ll be mitigated quickly so long as things stay on track and UALs hiring continues in earnest, but we saw how quickly things turned last March (and then back again this March). We also saw “too big to fail” is likely a thing with airlines though, and on top of that, retirements will help mitigate things. So, If SHTF again, risk is lower than I’d normally say an industry devastating event (like more lockdowns/restrictions) would be.

Nobody will truly know the answer until retirement. But, seems like for a 0-3/4/5 year guy at jetblue, maybe longer depending on variables, it could make sense to start over from a career expectation standpoint depending on where you live and appetite for a little short term risk/pay cut.