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JetBlue: Below average and it's going to stay that way.

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A buddy of mine at JB refers to it as the "Walmart" of the airline industry. He's applying to Emirates as we speak.
 
So how does 8th year pay compare to everyone else? You can't, cause you'd be a freaking FO everywhere else. Try flying 70 hrs a month without 1.5.
 
The Company is expected to renege on their agreed upon process to keep JetBlue pilots paid at an average industry rate. That's twice in three years the Company decided to ignore their own comitments. A320 payrates are now 2.2% below average of what other pilots are making doing the same work.

Nevermind the already substandard Medical, Retirement, Vacation and Sick time policies.

All this on the heels of a profitble year and RECORD 4 QT EARNINGS.

Enjoy your Direct Relationship suckers.

Integrity: Not convenient, so go F**k yourself.

I predict there will be a raise. Meanwhile your retirement is light years behind the industry, we pay more for worse medical, merger protection that is questionable, poor LTD, and the list goes on. I expect BlueBayou to crawl out of his hole and champion the DR and this group will be bought off for 2.2%.
 
Seriously, what benchmark? Unless I'm wrong on my numbers, JetBlue has the second highest A320 wage rates, second only to Delta.
 
8 yr FO Rates:

Southwest (737) 142.75

CAL (LNB) 108.62

AA (737) 104.47

Alaska (737) 111.13

Airtran (SNB) 101.06

DAL (319/320) 114.45

UA (320) 89.54

USAir-E (320) 80.65

UsAir-W (320) 86.94

Jetblue (320) 100.69
 
But compared to your 'bench marking data' wherein does JetBlue stack?

That is the meaningful data.

I am not sure if this answers your question.

The peer set, benchmark, is made up of part 121 major passenger airlines. Once a year, I believe in the fall, the pay rates are collected and the numbers crunched, then this rate should become the target for the next year.

Last year when the numbers were taken, it showed a 2.2% shortfall between the target and the current rate.

Mind you, these numbers does not take into account Pilot CASM, an area where the company is way below average due to high productivity.

If you have not seen it, the MIT airline study is a great information source, don't have the link in front of me, but a quick search will find it.
 

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