Also as a JetBlue pilot, I will say many people on our forum are extreme. Vast majority of pilots I’ve met here are great people. You are of course still entitled to feel the merger is a bad idea, but please don’t judge us from our few “crazy uncles” on the internet

 

it’s the regional model that is dying and the most common career path in the future will be CFI to either ULCC or ACMI to legacy. But that’s the future. Right now everybody is going to be thrashing while the regionals die for lack of CAs and the majors struggle (some more than others) for FOs.

 

Truth…..filler

 

Well that’s just not true. Spirit pilots where showing their didn’t want to be dragged down by frontier contract. That is with both pilot groups and companies being pretty similar. You’re now blaming JetBlue pilots that would get shafted with a relative seniority list from being annoyed of losing that seniority? Trust me Jetblue pilots know this isn’t a legacy carrier. We know we aren’t Delta, United, and American. I wouldn’t expect any less from those airline pilots if they were going to lose years of seniority to JetBlue pilots.

This thread is also childish as the company could care less about the opinion of the pilots of who they rather join. I’ve seen some from your group wanting the JetBlue merger more than frontier. I wish you were right though and JetBlue and spirit didn’t mix seems like your hostility and name calling doesn’t help the relationship anymore than a JetBlue pilot defending why he shouldn’t lose years of seniority.

 

A pilot's opinion on any of this is worthless until it is time to vote on a JCBA with xyz airline.

But by all means, keep hamstering away and getting worked up over it.

 

I offer my opinion to other pilots, not the company. I don't want to argue about seniority list stuff as it's divisive and we will never get a say in how it goes down. You're supporting my point that an F9NK merger would be more positive.

 

Ben Baldanza has said the pilots do have a say - indirectly. Pilot input can have sway on the regulatory approval, especially in a labor friendly administration. His sentiment, not mine. Take it or leave it.

Jet Blue please.

 

Both potential mergers have their pros and their cons, but can you PLEASE not start with this crap and set this up to be the next US/HP style fiasco? I realize most people realize that only the vocal few take to the boards, but common, man.

And I’d much rather end up at a JB style place than a ULCC when the music stops and we can’t find butts for seats to grow any more. Either way, I’m along for the ride and would like to welcome our new overlords, whoever they might be.

 

The reasons you came to NK are going to die if we don't get and retain pilots. Period. We cannot only hire our way out of this attrition, we need to retain. If you're that worried about a B6 merger, I'd advise to get out now and start accruing seniority at one of the Big3. Good luck! We're all going to need it one way or the other.

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Man, is this ever a first world problem. Pilots haven’t had a hiring environment or leverage like this in decades.