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a320drivr said:
Thats according to a checkairman and a hiring committee guy.
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Is this preceeding the furlough or shutdown ?

I suppose they could continue to burn the furniture to heat the house (sell more Airbuses), but that won't hold for long with JFK ground fuel burns and $100+ barrel crude.

Perhaps JB could dump all the buses and be a EMB-190 only operation. Maybe then AA will buy them and make the 190 the replacement for MD-80 domestic ops. It would at least save a lot of jobs, but you'd probably have to suck on a stapler. AA EMB-190's would make it through the LGA future limits and an AA BK could ax the pensions that would make these planes profitable.

Ahh..........just pondering.

Good Luck.............you guys are at the top of the "watchlist" for BK.

Didn't Neeleman just pull the ripcord on his parachute ?
 
eaglefly said:
Is this preceeding the furlough or shutdown ?

I suppose they could continue to burn the furniture to heat the house (sell more Airbuses), but that won't hold for long with JFK ground fuel burns and $100+ barrel crude.

Perhaps JB could dump all the buses and be a EMB-190 only operation. Maybe then AA will buy them and make the 190 the replacement for MD-80 domestic ops. It would at least save a lot of jobs, but you'd probably have to suck on a stapler. AA EMB-190's would make it through the LGA future limits and an AA BK could ax the pensions that would make these planes profitable.

Ahh..........just pondering.

Good Luck.............you guys are at the top of the "watchlist" for BK.

Didn't Neeleman just pull the ripcord on his parachute ?
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Top of whose watchlist? Do you mean top of your wishlist? Go away tool.
 
JBLU's got enough cash on hand to not have any issues for the near term. It's not on any credible analyst's BK list.
 
The money from Lufthansa was not a gift, but an investment. If they see their cash going away they might pull it, just like the investors did to Skybus. All those Columbus area businesses saw their investment was about to up and vanish. It is not all about how much cash is on hand, but how much of that cash is actually yours.
 
eaglefly said:
Is this preceeding the furlough or shutdown ?

I suppose they could continue to burn the furniture to heat the house (sell more Airbuses), but that won't hold for long with JFK ground fuel burns and $100+ barrel crude.

Perhaps JB could dump all the buses and be a EMB-190 only operation. Maybe then AA will buy them and make the 190 the replacement for MD-80 domestic ops. It would at least save a lot of jobs, but you'd probably have to suck on a stapler. AA EMB-190's would make it through the LGA future limits and an AA BK could ax the pensions that would make these planes profitable.

Ahh..........just pondering.

Good Luck.............you guys are at the top of the "watchlist" for BK.

Didn't Neeleman just pull the ripcord on his parachute ?
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Ha! Back to your rj bottomfeeder--I would be more concerned about your future than ours.
Remember Karma.
 
Hello Blue Pilots:


We are hosting a Pilot Open House on Saturday, April 12, 2008, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at our Orlando Support Campus. Candidates attending will have an opportunity to interact with the Flight Ops and Flight Ops Training Leadership Team and our Pilot Recruiters. Please extend an invitation to candidates you are confident emulate our JetBlue Values, will blossom in our culture, and meet or exceed our competitive qualifications.

[SIZE=+0]Competitive Qualifications:
- Over 3,000 hours total time in airplanes
- Greater than 500 hours jet PIC

- Greater than 1,000 hours in more sophisticated aircraft utilizing

Electronic Flight Instrument Systems (EFIS), Flight Management Systems

[SIZE=+0] (FMS)

- Bachelor's Degree

- Recency of experience (Greater than 200 hours within the last 12

months)



*JetBlue will only consider PIC time when the Pilot has signed for the

aircraft. Please use only this time when completing the area of the

application asking for PIC time to be entered.




We continue to interview and hire candidates based on competitive qualifications.


Attached is the eflyer suitable for using as an invitation to the Open House. We appreciate your support of our Pilot hiring process and helping us grow the culture!



[/SIZE][/SIZE]
 
JumpJetter said:
Don't bang on eaglefly too much. He is just bitter. Poor AE guy with a AA flow through number that is worth nothing. see this thread

http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?t=103714

The best stuff is beyond page 2 if you don't want to waste your time......as if reading this hasn't wasted enough....

jj
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Whats really sad is that you actually wasted some of your precious free time to even reseach his posts.
 
brainhurts said:
Ha! Back to your rj bottomfeeder--I would be more concerned about your future than ours.
Remember Karma.
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I kick Karma's ass every day...........and the "bottom" has kept me fed quite well. I make more then most of your pilots.

Could Jet Blue pilots be the next dead fish stinking up the beach ?

After all, as a "middle feeder" you're closer to the surface (and the beach) then I am.

:)
 
eprops said:
this sums it up pretty well...

A/C Flown: ATR,EMJ
Ratings: Just about all
Total Time: 10,000
Posts: 726
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Good start.

You forgot $127,000/year, weekends off, drive to work, 100% match on 401(k) and almost 90% of my seniority list below me.

:)
 
You just described the status and income of the top 100 or so flight attendants at SW. Welcome to the big leagues. However their 100% 401K is 7.3% on every $$ and historical profit sharing of about 8-9%. How do you compare now???
 
Does this mean JetBlue stopped interviewing too?

I thought that is what this thread was about until the gals started their bickering.
 
I wouldn't believe it until one of us jb posters comes on here and tells you they got an email about it.



 
Everyone else stopped hiring, so the attrition at JB is probably less than planned. Couple that with a decreased growth rate and decreased retirements, and you end up with a small unexpected surplus of pilots and decreased flight hours.

That will probably turn out to be an asset going into the summer months when JB is usually running fairly short-staffed.

Right now, though, it means a lot of guys that used to hold lines just got reserve for May. Let's hope that trend is quickly reversed!

AKAAB
 
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Andy said:
They tried to sell or spin it off late last year. The M&A market's dead, so I doubt they could get a halfway decent price for Eagle.
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You're right about that, unless they can get a huge 70-90+ seat growth order to package it with. Hopefuly the pilots will not only never agree to that, but stick to their goal of bringing more back in house, starting with the 70 seaters.
 
vixin said:
How many decades did it take to achive this? How pathetic to even mention it though.
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Why ?

It's accaptable to belittle all regional pilots as "bottom feeders", but pathetic when they provide information to refute their bottom feeder status ?

It took 20 years, but I've made over $120K for the last 4 years. How long is not the point.

The point is we are all at where we're at NOW. Eagle isn't going to fold (it may change, yes.....and maybe not for the better), but Jet Blue might fold unless something changes.

What WON'T change is that oil will remain at or above 100 bucks a barrel for the foreseeable future and Jet Blue's costs are only going to go UP, as their pilots become more senior, their other employees get raises (maybe) and maintenance becomes more frequent and more in-depth.

Without an eventual cash infusion, JB has got some REAL problems ahead and it might be tough to find someone willing to throw good money after bad after 6 more months of this.

I n the last 20 years, it's been the Gulf War, 9/11 and now Recession/Oil, but me the little ol' disgruntled and bitter RJ lowlife "bottom feeder" keeps on truckin.

Ever read the story of the "Tortoise and the Hare" ?

I like being the Tortoise. The Tortoise can usually look back at his path when he gets to the finish line and see a much more relaxed and less stressful ride. In fact, the most interesting part is watching the hare tie himself in knots on his spastic journey. The Hare is exhausted from all the start/stops, jerking around and tumbles into the bushes and ironically frequently has less to show for his winnings even if he does make the finish line first.

No........I think I'll stay the Tortoises course.
 
All of that in an RJ, you are a big man! You think Jet Blue's got troubles, wait till AMR dumps your sorry ass, as a little regional. RJ's die fast. Bad attitude mixed with small planes won't help anyone, you especially. It's a tough time man, you will need more friends than enemy's now a days. I think we ALL better band together, Your fuel smells as bad as everyone else's!
 
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Sounds like a great job

vixin said:
How many decades did it take to achive this? How pathetic to even mention it though.
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Why would this not be a good job in the eyes of most wage earners in the US?
 
waterski said:
Hello Blue Pilots:


We are hosting a Pilot Open House on Saturday, April 12, 2008, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at our Orlando Support Campus. Candidates attending will have an opportunity to interact with the Flight Ops and Flight Ops Training Leadership Team and our Pilot Recruiters. Please extend an invitation to candidates you are confident emulate our JetBlue Values, will blossom in our culture, and meet or exceed our competitive qualifications.


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I don't know if that means anything AirTran is also having a job fair April 12 for pilots too. But we are not running classes again to Aug08. But that could change. But if you guys are still hiring that is good, it will the people who have lost jobs.
 
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eaglefly said:
Is this preceeding the furlough or shutdown ?

I suppose they could continue to burn the furniture to heat the house (sell more Airbuses), but that won't hold for long with JFK ground fuel burns and $100+ barrel crude.

Perhaps JB could dump all the buses and be a EMB-190 only operation. Maybe then AA will buy them and make the 190 the replacement for MD-80 domestic ops. It would at least save a lot of jobs, but you'd probably have to suck on a stapler. AA EMB-190's would make it through the LGA future limits and an AA BK could ax the pensions that would make these planes profitable.

Ahh..........just pondering.

Good Luck.............you guys are at the top of the "watchlist" for BK.

Didn't Neeleman just pull the ripcord on his parachute ?
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Just another airline that turned this tool down!

737
 

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