JetBlue Low Pay Scales

[Delta3]

I was talking to a hiring manager at JetBlue and she said the $14/hour salary I received at Delta "was a lot". I received that salary in ground maintenace after my freshman year of college when I worked in ATL.

I really didn't think I was paid that much by Delta. This is also weird because JetBlue is located in New York City where the cost of living is astronomical compared to Atlanta.

Someone I know applied for a maintenance training position with JetBlue and was offered only $40,000 which was less than what he makes at another airline.

Also, I heard that David Neeleman only makes $200,000 per year. So if that is correct how are the pay scales below him handled? Does anyone at the company make more than the CEO?

 

[Splert]

Point, click, click, click…

5 seconds later…

$305,000

Later…click

 

[Delta3]

I really don't want to start a flame war, I am just stating the facts that I know.

 

[dgs]

http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17375

YGTBSM. This horse is dead. Beaten severely at least 5 times after death. Take your flame bait and go home.

$14/hr for a C-152 PPL? I know a regional that offered $20/flight hour to an ATP with over 4,000 hrs of heavy jet time. Sounds like the hiring manager was correct.

Neeleman's salary is $200,000 with a $90K or $75K bonus, depending on the year. According to the financials, his family trust owns about 14 million shares of the company, which puts his net worth at over half a BILLION. (BTW, this is a public company and you can read about it all at our investor web site.) He invested about $20M of his own money to get the company started. Unlike other CEOs, he has a personal stake in seeing the company succeed in the long run.

 

[trainerjet]

He made this same post (the first sentence was word for word...here it is, copied from that post: I was talking to a hiring manager at JetBlue and she said the $14/hour salary I received at Delta "was a lot". I received that salary after my freshman year of college when I worked in ATL.) on another message board. He didn't get many bites on it, either.

His profile on the other board lists his age as 16-20.

Why don't you go back to play with your FS and quit bothering people, eh kid?

 

[pilotyip]

to Delta3

You made the right choice, if thought that $14/hr was too low then you should not take the job. That is how it works. If JB can not attract enought workers, they will look at ways to increase the size of their selection pool for that position. I think pay a JB from what I have seen for skilled poisitons is in the ballpark and they must feel the same way becasue they are filling those poisitions.

 

[Splert]

Point and click here ====> http://biz.yahoo.com/p/j/jblu.html <====.

 

[Cardinal]

What part of his question regarding ground maintenance didn't you guys understand? The poor mechanic who happens to fly tries to make an honest salary comparison and gets beatdown. Sheesh, gettin sensitive.

 

[Intruder One]

If you will notice most if not all defending JB are capt's and yes they do make decent salary.......problem is they are the only ones.

 

[trainerjet]

If you will notice, the only two people on this board that consistently trash JB are a couple of losers that were turned down by them.

 

[Splert]

I don't work for jetBlue but I would love to.

Splert

 

[Skank]

Intruder,
we're really glad you didn't make it.

 

[PBRstreetgang]

Jeeze guys,
You are starting to amaze me. You are startin' to get it. If the money is not what you were lookin for walk. If you think you will raise your pay rate by taking the job, you are are not thinking clearly. Lets see, you take your car to the mechanic for some work that costs $X.XX anywhere you go, are you gonna pay 2X the rate if you don't have to?
Ola
PBR

 

[Intruder One]

SKANK:

So am I.

 

[SWA/FO]

"Neeleman's salary is $200,000 with a $90K or $75K bonus, depending on the year. According to the financials, his family trust owns about 14 million shares of the company, which puts his net worth at over half a BILLION. (BTW, this is a public company and you can read about it all at our investor web site.) He invested about $20M of his own money to get the company started. Unlike other CEOs, he has a personal stake in seeing the company succeed in the long run."

I recently read an article that he only put 3 million in of his own money. Fortune Small Business - jetBlue on the cover issue.

 

[Skank]

Intruder, I'm glad we could find this area of agreement.

 

[Race Pilot]

My first time back on here in awhile and I find the same crazy antics from the same crazy people on here. Sure would be nice if this could just be a place where people could come and get factual information about any airline, XYZ. Unfortunately the only facts seem to continually come from those at JetBlue while no one else wants to take the time to see the truth.

Get this, the other day in a cab a guy told me that some pilots from another airline (which I will not name) said Jet Blue is going to go bankrupt in 2004 because we have to start paying for our planes then. It's been so long since I heard that one I almost fell out of the car laughing!!

Peace!

 

[bluejet]

I don't know what you will call low pay rates.......
In may case I'm a JBU Capt with 3 years seniority and I made over 167K last year!!!

 

[#1 Windmilling]

Bluejet,
Don't forget that cool looking leather jacket either!

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

Pay rates will change

Yes, it's true JetBlue captain pay is substandard....but you must remember we are still a very new company. I expect the pay rates to go up in the near future, especially if we continue to be as productive as we are now...and keep making double digit profit margins. I think pay equality with SWA is just a matter of time. Let's give JBLU management the benefit of the doubt here....we'll see if they walk the walk.

Interestingly, first year FO pay is not substandard at all...but is actually higher than that of most the majors. I'm sure that changes by second and third year...but most are upgrading to captain by then anyway. Great to be with a growing, prosperous airline!!

 

[pilotyip]

substandard

substandard my butt, an employee makes makes 171K in his second year, and that is substandard, not to mention stock options, what will it take to make you happy? I have never made that in two years