Kudos to JetBlue's Pilot Voting Committee!
03-20-2013, 04:41 PM
#111
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Joined APC: Dec 2005
Posts: 28
Thank the *beep* lord relatively few people read this forum out of 10's of thousands of pilots. Astounding.
JetBlue is cool. Good place to work. Improvements needed and coming along - like anywhere. Big improvements for the years I've been here. JetBlue might always be a small step behind in pay - not a bad move (big picture - many can't). A step ahead not always so good (many forget).
JetBlue won't have problems attracting or keeping pilots. Ever. If 3200+ applicants apply in a short window and we hire 150 bodies a year - we took 5% of a talented pool in a year. We keep the window open for a month and we'd have 15,000 apps. Same as anyone. JetBlue knows what they are doing . The ALPA crowd here not so much.
Nice new OC drive by the way. I here it's not going well.
3A will fail if there is a god. Tissues are ready.
JetBlue is cool. Good place to work. Improvements needed and coming along - like anywhere. Big improvements for the years I've been here. JetBlue might always be a small step behind in pay - not a bad move (big picture - many can't). A step ahead not always so good (many forget).
JetBlue won't have problems attracting or keeping pilots. Ever. If 3200+ applicants apply in a short window and we hire 150 bodies a year - we took 5% of a talented pool in a year. We keep the window open for a month and we'd have 15,000 apps. Same as anyone. JetBlue knows what they are doing . The ALPA crowd here not so much.
Nice new OC drive by the way. I here it's not going well.
3A will fail if there is a god. Tissues are ready.
03-20-2013, 06:36 PM
#113
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Joined APC: Dec 2010
Posts: 524
Originally Posted by Rake222
Thank the *beep* lord relatively few people read this forum out of 10's of thousands of pilots. Astounding.
JetBlue is cool. Good place to work. Improvements needed and coming along - like anywhere. Big improvements for the years I've been here. JetBlue might always be a small step behind in pay - not a bad move (big picture - many can't). A step ahead not always so good (many forget).
JetBlue won't have problems attracting or keeping pilots. Ever. If 3200+ applicants apply in a short window and we hire 150 bodies a year - we took 5% of a talented pool in a year. We keep the window open for a month and we'd have 15,000 apps. Same as anyone. JetBlue knows what they are doing . The ALPA crowd here not so much.
Nice new OC drive by the way. I here it's not going well.
3A will fail if there is a god. Tissues are ready.
JetBlue is cool. Good place to work. Improvements needed and coming along - like anywhere. Big improvements for the years I've been here. JetBlue might always be a small step behind in pay - not a bad move (big picture - many can't). A step ahead not always so good (many forget).
JetBlue won't have problems attracting or keeping pilots. Ever. If 3200+ applicants apply in a short window and we hire 150 bodies a year - we took 5% of a talented pool in a year. We keep the window open for a month and we'd have 15,000 apps. Same as anyone. JetBlue knows what they are doing . The ALPA crowd here not so much.
Nice new OC drive by the way. I here it's not going well.
3A will fail if there is a god. Tissues are ready.
03-21-2013, 06:37 AM
#116
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Joined APC: Jun 2007
Posts: 1,045
Originally Posted by Bluedriver
Other companies DON'T invest in their pilots willingly. They do it based on union negotiation.
You are correct. Better investing, albeit kicking and screaming, than not at all!
Our peers secure a level of investment in their careers via collective bargaining. Jb Pilots secure free Pizza and ongoing "engagement" with MGMT.
JJ
03-23-2013, 12:48 PM
#117
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Joined APC: Feb 2011
Posts: 67
Originally Posted by ForeverFO
Slick Bill Clinton didn't help the APA when we struck. Party matters little. The government is in the pocket of management, has been for at least 20 years.
All they (the govt) cares about is the flying public, and cheap tickets for them and their constituents. We are on our own.
All they (the govt) cares about is the flying public, and cheap tickets for them and their constituents. We are on our own.
03-23-2013, 02:53 PM
#118
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Joined APC: Jun 2007
Posts: 1,045
Originally Posted by Rake222
Thank the *beep* lord relatively few people read this forum out of 10's of thousands of pilots. Astounding.
JetBlue is cool. Good place to work. Improvements needed and coming along - like anywhere.
JetBlue is cool. Good place to work. Improvements needed and coming along - like anywhere.
Like anywhere???? Yeah, like anywhere except below average in every category.
JJ
03-23-2013, 08:56 PM
#119
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Joined APC: Oct 2010
Posts: 73
Originally Posted by ShyGuy
Define desperate? There is no shortage of pilots who would like to work at VX despite the doomsday painted here on APC forums. They maintain the highest published minimum requirements right now for any US carrier (ATP, 4000 Total, 1000TPIC preferred). They could easily lower it to 3000 total ifthey had to and a flood of applicants would come. Even with the current requirements, there is no shortage if applications on file.
As for healthcare, it is a huge deal. A couple pilots I know at Jetblue have a pretty bad deal. I'm maxed on my deductible and now pay 10% while the insurance covers 90. In a similar scenario, one Jetblue friend of mine said he's on a 20% split 80% insurance. That adds up big time! Our max is 6,000 out of pocket. I think my friend said 12,000 out of pocket for him but that's hard to believe even by JetBlue standards.
As for healthcare, it is a huge deal. A couple pilots I know at Jetblue have a pretty bad deal. I'm maxed on my deductible and now pay 10% while the insurance covers 90. In a similar scenario, one Jetblue friend of mine said he's on a 20% split 80% insurance. That adds up big time! Our max is 6,000 out of pocket. I think my friend said 12,000 out of pocket for him but that's hard to believe even by JetBlue standards.
03-24-2013, 05:39 PM
#120
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Joined APC: Jul 2006
Posts: 275
Originally Posted by Rake222
Thank the *beep* lord relatively few people read this forum out of 10's of thousands of pilots. Astounding.
JetBlue is cool. Good place to work. Improvements needed and coming along - like anywhere. Big improvements for the years I've been here. JetBlue might always be a small step behind in pay - not a bad move (big picture - many can't). A step ahead not always so good (many forget).
JetBlue won't have problems attracting or keeping pilots. Ever. If 3200+ applicants apply in a short window and we hire 150 bodies a year - we took 5% of a talented pool in a year. We keep the window open for a month and we'd have 15,000 apps. Same as anyone. JetBlue knows what they are doing . The ALPA crowd here not so much.
Nice new OC drive by the way. I here it's not going well.
3A will fail if there is a god. Tissues are ready.
JetBlue is cool. Good place to work. Improvements needed and coming along - like anywhere. Big improvements for the years I've been here. JetBlue might always be a small step behind in pay - not a bad move (big picture - many can't). A step ahead not always so good (many forget).
JetBlue won't have problems attracting or keeping pilots. Ever. If 3200+ applicants apply in a short window and we hire 150 bodies a year - we took 5% of a talented pool in a year. We keep the window open for a month and we'd have 15,000 apps. Same as anyone. JetBlue knows what they are doing . The ALPA crowd here not so much.
Nice new OC drive by the way. I here it's not going well.
3A will fail if there is a god. Tissues are ready.
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