Fins Up

I'll give you an example of the company not doing what it promised. I have been trying for a couple years to get the night override fixed so you don't get screwed out of night pay when the return leg of your Carib red-eye turn is scheduled to block out at 0501. I and several others recommended a change to fix this problem. According the the agreed upon process, our illustrious VP Flops should have had an answer in writing back to the PVC by January 27th. That did not happen. Nothing has happened.

Our processes, agreed upon by our leadership, are worthless. They do what they want, when they want. How about all the trips that get broken and/or given to reserves before they ever make it to the opentime pot. That is not how it is supposed to happen according to the FSM.

Our leadership does not play by their own rules. The union vote cannot come fast enough.

RJer

That's been around since the fall... I like veggie supreme please.

RJer

None of that is new info to me... ALPA provides cost analysis to pilots asks to make sure it doesn't bankrupt the company. I think it would be prudent to do the same here.

thruthemurk

They decided you need a further 10% cut for the company to stay healthy - thanks for stepping up.

benzoate

It is prudent but the 10k reports are public information of the company's health. ALPA will fine tune the data hut make no mistake JetBlue can easily afford and industry standard package. They haven't and don't plan to do so simy because no one is negotiating with the to do so.

Anyone who read the ford and Harrison white paper knows Jetblues intent is to simply provide you a perceived voice, not actual changes.

eaglefly

Perhaps JB management doesn't really care about all this ?

I understand captains make good bucks with a lot of OT, extra pay etc. It may be they think there will be plenty of junior regional pilots willing to move up to a better carrier than their crappy regional at least for a few years. If so, they recoup training costs and have cheap F/O's. Even if ALPA or another union was voted onto the property, it could take 5 years to get to the point of your first contract and by then M & A may make it moot.

It seems at least at this point, JB has regional pilots falling over themselves for a slot in a new-hire class to make up for any attrition.

benzoate

A buddy on the pins com gave me a little insight as to the type of applicant currently being called for interviews. They feel they are not getting the caliber of applicant they would like and mostly blame management. You can't trick people in to coming here anymore. There is no quick upgrade carrot. There are no protections and we are going backwards in most categories. Keep in mind these are hard core pro-company guys. The very thought of unionizing sickens them but they see the reality before them. They are certainly frustrated.

txbusdriver

JetBle management=arrogant incompetence

Softpayman

This could be the case however my personal interview experience showed otherwise (having interviewed within the last 2 months).

Among my group of applicants almost all were regional Captains, with a few cargo guys there as well.

I saw 3 others pilots from my current airline at the interview and I was the most junior of them with 7000TT and 3000TPIC.

I wouldn't say either that I'm falling over myself to work there. I want to be there, it would improve my and my family's QOL. Hopefully things work out, if not I know I'm competitive to be hired at another carrier going forward. Right now though I'm focused on getting on there and enjoying that ride.

blueballs

This is a good attitude to have. Yes theres issues here same as anywhere but it is a good place to be. Please ignore the 6 or 7 keyboard commandos on here. Hopefully you get on its been the right decision for my family.