Jb + alpa

[Dan Roman]

Good point by PCL.It seems to me JetBlue has a high quality motivated pilot group. You guys would benefit immensely from ALPA's resources. Don't listen to the bitter haters, they are miserable for a reason and it has nothing to do with anything ALPA has done.

 

[Blue Dude]

It seems to me JetBlue has a high quality motivated pilot group.

No we don't. We have about the same level of motivation as the average American voter. You get lots of activity near an election and the rest of the time it's business as usual. The collective attention span is even worse. During an actual screw job you might get a third to even notice. The rest? Gee, what's that shiny thing over there? It's pathetic.

This is how it's going to be until we're bought. ALPA will fail. An inhouse will fail. After all, management will take care of us, just ask 2/3 of the pilots. Yikes, maybe the apathy is worse than the average American voter. There's a sad thought.

 

[clickclickboom]

Hey I love my Perrone Leather Jacket but when its real cold i break out the perv flasher trenchie.

But the previous poster must be right I have never seen another pilot wearing a leather jacket.. Have you?

We must be the only ones.

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PS We have a huge population of pilots here at JB that look in the mirror and are happy with their " OWN " special situation regardless of the stark realities of this industry as a whole. These people actually believe that Dave Barger is their friend and " Will do The Right Thing "

What just makes that so stomache cavity emptying pathetic is that for 8 years now the pilots at JB have taken it in the shorts yet those same people will use the argument that a union based cba will take to long.

 

[DOJET1]

I hate JetBlue. I hope you sorry a$$ losers go tits up before ALPA is voted in.

F-n jerks. Nice black leather jackets BTW.

someone is not happyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
have a great day.

 

[DOJET1]

I'm not seeing what your saying. Could you just cut to the chase?

what is he saying...

 

[DIAMONDDD]

I hate JetBlue. I hope you sorry a$$ losers go tits up before ALPA is voted in.

F-n jerks. Nice black leather jackets BTW.

I hope you get six kidney stones per year for the rest of your life. F-n Jerk.

 

[Smoking Man]

By all means. I love it when ALPA burns money.
Bring it on - ALPA at JB is not going to happen in the near future.

I don't think you have a clue as to how on the edge the pilot group is.

Time is running out........... The lack of communication from anyone other than Jenny is screaming bad news.

IMHO

 

[N2264J]

There was a Twilight Zone episode where the aliens come to earth clutching a manual called: To Serve Man. Remember that one?

So the aliens set about to fix everything that's wrong with the plant and pretty soon they're growing corn on barren land and turning deserts into wheat fields. This inspires great confidence and trust in the aliens.

For the first time ever, no one is starving. Food is so plentiful and cheap, everyone seems to be prospering and happy. Then, in one of those classic Rod Serling twists, it is discovered that To Serve Man is actually the title of a cookbook and the aliens have been secretly eating humans all along...

I can't remember where I was going with this.

 

[BeachBummer]

I hate JetBlue. I hope you sorry a$$ losers go tits up before ALPA is voted in.

F-n jerks. Nice black leather jackets BTW.

LOL! Poop in your pants today?:crying: Sounds like someone is still hoping to get a job.

 

[BeachBummer]

I don't think you have a clue as to how on the edge the pilot group is.

Time is running out........... The lack of communication from anyone other than Jenny is screaming bad news.

IMHO

Who needs the wrc communications... we have bluepilots!

 

[SRJ]

Die JB, DIE!!!

 

[Blue Dude]

Die JB, DIE!!!

This jacket thing really has you worked up doesn't it?

 

[bluesideup340]

I don't think you have a clue as to how on the edge the pilot group is.

Time is running out........... The lack of communication from anyone other than Jenny is screaming bad news.

IMHO

Well, I now know at least one of the Pilots on the edge.
Smoking Man, what do you smoke?

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

There was a Twilight Zone episode where the aliens come to earth clutching a manual called: To Serve Man. Remember that one?

So the aliens set about to fix everything that's wrong with the plant and pretty soon they're growing corn on barren land and turning deserts into wheat fields. This inspires great confidence and trust in the aliens.

For the first time ever, no one is starving. Food is so plentiful and cheap, everyone seems to be prospering and happy. Then, in one of those classic Rod Serling twists, it is discovered that To Serve Man is actually the title of a cookbook and the aliens have been secretly eating humans all along...

I can't remember where I was going with this.

That the promise of hyper consumerism is secretly destryoing democracy?

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

Dear Rez.
For your information, Foreign Ownership and Cabotage are two separate issues.
So no need for you to scare people.

The threat is real. We can deal with it. What difference does it make if FOwnership and Cabatoge are two seperate issues? The second stage negotiations are this year....

For those that do care about facts, here it goes.

Yes here it goes...

http://www.eurunion.org/eu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1756&Itemid=58

The European side has long made clear its objective for the second stage negotiations: the completion of an Open Aviation Area encompassing the EU and the US. This would include the reciprocal removal of limits on the ownership of airlines by investors from the European Union and the United States. In addition, it would allow companies based on either side of the Atlantic to carry passengers on domestic air services in the territory of the other party.


For example, a European airline would be able to carry passengers from New York onto Los Angeles and an American-owned carrier would be able to sell London to Manchester tickets. Such freedoms to operate domestic services are currently only open to American and European carriers on their respective sides of the Atlantic. A successful outcome to these negotiations would give equal opportunities to compete to carriers and investors from both sides. This would be a radical new approach for international aviation, further breaking down the long-held convention that assumes domestic markets should be reserved for carriers owned by that country.​

Is LH and its dealings with JB not concerning?

 

[bluesideup340]

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The threat is real. We can deal with it. What difference does it make if FOwnership and Cabatoge are two seperate issues? The second stage negotiations are this year....






Yes here it goes...

http://www.eurunion.org/eu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1756&Itemid=58

The European side has long made clear its objective for the second stage negotiations: the completion of an Open Aviation Area encompassing the EU and the US. This would include the reciprocal removal of limits on the ownership of airlines by investors from the European Union and the United States. In addition, it would allow companies based on either side of the Atlantic to carry passengers on domestic air services in the territory of the other party. ​

For example, a European airline would be able to carry passengers from New York onto Los Angeles and an American-owned carrier would be able to sell London to Manchester tickets. Such freedoms to operate domestic services are currently only open to American and European carriers on their respective sides of the Atlantic. A successful outcome to these negotiations would give equal opportunities to compete to carriers and investors from both sides. This would be a radical new approach for international aviation, further breaking down the long-held convention that assumes domestic markets should be reserved for carriers owned by that country.​

Is LH and its dealings with JB not concerning?

No it is not concerning at all. And yes it is important to differentiate between ownership and cabotage.
Foreign ownership is part of the free market allowing airlines to raise working capital just like any other industry.
Cabotage is equally beneficial to Delta, AA, and United as it benefits LH, KLM, etc. Also, keep in mind UPS and FedEx already operate intra EU.
Again foreign ownership is one thing not related to cabotage.
But let us assume cabotage comes to fruition.
Why are you affraid of the ptotential growth opportunities for US airlines in EU? If the economics work on this side of the Atlantic they also work on the other side.

 

[ArmadilloJackal]

Can someone give me an example where protectionism was good in the long run for the growth of an economy? We shouldn't be afraid of competition.

 

[Oh-ryan]

I hate JetBlue. I hope you sorry a$$ losers go tits up before ALPA is voted in.

F-n jerks. Nice black leather jackets BTW.

Hey. You can type "tits" on FI.com??? Awesome.

Tits. Tits. Tits.

giddity giddity

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

No it is not concerning at all. And yes it is important to differentiate between ownership and cabotage.
Foreign ownership is part of the free market allowing airlines to raise working capital just like any other industry.
Cabotage is equally beneficial to Delta, AA, and United as it benefits LH, KLM, etc. Also, keep in mind UPS and FedEx already operate intra EU.
Again foreign ownership is one thing not related to cabotage.
But let us assume cabotage comes to fruition.
Why are you affraid of the ptotential growth opportunities for US airlines in EU? If the economics work on this side of the Atlantic they also work on the other side.

Keep in mind that the US domestic industry is a majority off the worlds airline industry.. at 80% at a given time... The EU is tapped out. Not much room for growth except maybe out east....

Not sure why knowing the difference between FO and Cabatoge is significant. I've quoted where changes to both can be detrimental to the JB pilots.

The first question is... does JB have the capital to invest overseas? If so, does that mean job opportunities for JB pilots? If so, why? LH has inversted in JB.. are there more LH pilot jobs at JB?

UPS and FX, as did Pan Am at one time intra EU because of post WWII agreements. Now that the EU is caught up economically, they want a piece of the global airline pie... I don't blame them....

My concern is just because US investors throw money at EU airline industry doesn't mean it will translate into US jobs. The big concern with the second stage US/EU open skies talks is labor protections.

Also, keep in mind, that once the US/EU are finished Asian, Mid East, African and S. American states will want to open up....

Here are considerations to ponder:

As an American Pilot do you want to move to or commute to (company DH or not) to Eastern Europe to fly your trips? Africa? Mid East? Asia?

Will the negotiations have labor protections so that you will have legal priviledge of operating foreign registered aicraft. Or who will pay for your foreign pilots license to operate in that region/country.

Let's say Delta invests in XYZ airlines in Europe... The DAL pilots say, our work provided the revenue to invest in XYZ. we want rights to that flying... fine. Will the DALPA CBA apply to this new airline? Its certificate?

The world economy has gone global. Labor law has not.


Foreign ownership and cabatogge might sound very attractive from a free market persepctive, and many pilots get lured into a belief that as stakeholders they will be taken care of....

The problem is... only the shareholders are calling the shots...

 

[N2264J]

That the promise of hyper consumerism is secretly destryoing democracy?

Oh, I remember now - IT'S A COOKBOOK!