Fellow jetBlue ALPA members,
Over the past 10 months, we have seen an alarming number of blatant increase and disregard for our bylaws from our Union leadership. To date, there has been no action against our MEC to hold them accountable for their wrongdoings. Throughout this time, our membership has remained largely silent as the MEC has charted a renegade path.

We have watched our MEC leadership act as non-standard as one can be. We as professional pilots are accustomed to following rules, protocol and standard operating procedures. We should accept nothing less from our MEC to follow our agreed upon rules - known as bylaws.

This past week, the majority of our pilot group spoke LOUD and CLEAR, that we do not approve of the direction our Union leadership. For the first time in our history, the majority of pilots voted AGAINST the charted direction of our MEC.

Their Q&A sessions removed the opportunity to ask live questions, removed the opportunity for a road show, and only answered select questions to enable avoiding the tough questions making an attempt for damage control.

Let us review these

-In July of 2020 our ALPA leadership was informed by management that American Airlines codeshare was being created and would be in direct violation of Scope sections 1.F.7 & 1.F.8. Shockingly, no grievance was filed. Our MEC failed to do their job to protect our CBA to the fullest extent possible while they turned a blind eye keeping this out of discussion.

-In late summer of 2020 management presented our MEC with a proposal for permanent relief to our number 1 section in our CBA giving concessions to Scope. In exchange, would be temporary furlough protection and pay reductions to every pilot, line holder and reserve, of 70 hours - all while the MEC decided to maintain their 90 hours of pay.

This pay reduction, triggered the requirement for membership ratification and majority approval. This didn’t happen, the membership was left out and a handshake deal to create LOA 12 led to a written permanent change to our CBA giving up our most important language.

Discussions among our membership grew to higher levels on our online forums detailing the lack of integrity to follow our agreed upon bylaws.
-LOA 13 asked for MORE Scope relief in exchange for a 2% raise likely post pandemic. Now that the MEC was in the spotlight for negligence of bylaw compliance, they released this for a vote yet exempted polling.

Looking back, our MEC has navigated so far off course, many members have little to no faith they can steer back on course and commit to ending their disregard for our bylaws.

Make no mistake, we have more good news than bad news. And many appreciate their efforts, despite being misguided. Airline industry analysts are in agreement that, behind Southwest, jetBlue is the second best financially positioned airline industry wide. We’ve come a long way since April 14th 2020 when our demand dropped to 1% of our regularly scheduled passengers. We have a vaccine rollout that is ramped up and months away from everyone in America given an opportunity for Covid vaccine choices. Deaths, cases and hospitalizations are trending down nationwide. Many states that embraced the most severe restrictions are loosening up.

Overall, we are trending in the right direction to a solid recovery. With bookings up significantly. There is now no more need to be giving up job protections in the form of Scope.

Ask yourself, can you afford for our current MEC to be making more attempts for concessions to Scope and Compensation while they have a proven track record to not follow bylaws?
Ask yourself, out of more than 4,000 pilots are these 14 the best ones suited who are most closely aligned with desires, vision and direction of the majority of our pilot group?
If you are as alarmed as many are, please stay informed, stay engaged, help bring these bylaw violations to light by asking for a the resignation and supporting a recall to get the best leaders in position as soon as possible before more Scope is permanently given away.

Please respond to this email if you have any questions.

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Might want to move this to the JetBlue sub-forum

I don’t know. It’s a topic of general interest.

I suppose with something egregious enough a class action suit alleging malfeasance would be possible. Even a private RICO action.


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as the French say, Pour encourager les autres...

I voted No. That being said IMHO this is reckless. The vote was close. Do I have concerns and questions sure I do. The idea of how long and drawn out a recall are for a 54% No vote. Also pilots would have to go to the Council meetings too. Management would love this to I am sure. They would love to also watch us eat each other in the streets and the lions finish the cleanup.

Go to the meeting 3/11/21 and listen

I'm in 193........

Are we asking the 46% yes voters to hand in their resignation too?

A recall is reckless and ridiculous

I voted no but I will not be on that recall wagon.

Nah.......