Floatplane
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Look around except for SWA in the airline industry and soon to be UAW. UAW had 300,000+ members they are now down to 150,000...
Unions = Job Loses
No protection from anything now in this economy. So far JBLU has not furloughed. This NMB filing has now, if anything, encouraged our leaders to suspend any kind of improvements to our QOL, pay, and benefits until this vote is done. Thanks JBPA!!!
Comparing the pilots at SWA to the UAW is ridiculous. That might be the most nonsensical paragraph I have ever read on this forum.
You say, Unions=Job loses. How? That is a pretty bold statement without any support of fact. I would say that bad management is the true culprit of job loses. Just pick up your morning paper and take a look at the current state of affairs in this country. It is not because of unions. It is due to poor management and greed.
Your last paragraph might be the most comical, you actually think the leaders at were in the process of planning any improvements to our QOL? Give me a break! We have watched our overall compensation and benefits decrease every year. And the fact that we have not furloughed is due to the fact that we have a contract that they must pay by law. Even if they furloughed they would still have to pay us 70 hours a month not to work.
And yes you can thank JBPA because so far they are the only group that is actually looking to improve what you currently have. Jetblue management has done very little. Most improvements have been cost neutral and if you index it with inflation we are years and thousands of dollars behind our peers. Did you actually read the PCRB report? It details all of the areas that we are deficient in compared to our peers at other carriers. If we can have a collective voice to negotiate improvements to what we currently have then JBPA has my vote!