Getting onboard at Jetblue
02-07-2018, 08:00 AM
#11
The REAL Bluedriver
Joined APC: Sep 2011
Position: Airbus Capt
Posts: 6,920
Oh boy!
Good things are indeed around the next corner.[/list]
We are what we are and I would plan on staying like this for years to come even with a new contract.
The only different between DAL and Jetblue when the door close is everything that matters.
Brand? The brand is your pay, QOL and retirement funding free stuff for the customers.
Good things are indeed around the next corner.[/list]
We are what we are and I would plan on staying like this for years to come even with a new contract.
The only different between DAL and Jetblue when the door close is everything that matters.
Brand? The brand is your pay, QOL and retirement funding free stuff for the customers.
02-07-2018, 07:37 PM
#13
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2015
Posts: 166
I'm waiting for someone to put in the cover letter for their JB application something along the lines of "I want to be a VDA/RSA pilot that hopes to re-establish the direct relationship, make sacrifices for the airline, and do other peoples' jobs!"
02-07-2018, 07:52 PM
#14
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: May 2013
Posts: 2,594
Just add "at a discounted rate" and its perfect.
02-07-2018, 08:57 PM
#15
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2010
Position: Widebelly FO
Posts: 560
I always liked JB, applied about 4 or 5 times....Bachelor Degree, 3500 total, 1200 TPIC, LCA, never failed any training ever...talked to JB multiple times at job fairs and each time I got the same feedback from the recruiter saying I don't have enough flight time!? They pretty much assume everyone who has less than 4,000 hours of flight time will fail training or struggle I guess...anyhow I work for Delta now..
Best of luck, if JB is what you want, I think you're gunna need a little more time.
Best of luck, if JB is what you want, I think you're gunna need a little more time.
02-07-2018, 09:22 PM
#16
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2014
Position: FO
Posts: 435
I always liked JB, applied about 4 or 5 times....Bachelor Degree, 3500 total, 1200 TPIC, LCA, never failed any training ever...talked to JB multiple times at job fairs and each time I got the same feedback from the recruiter saying I don't have enough flight time!? They pretty much assume everyone who has less than 4,000 hours of flight time will fail training or struggle I guess...anyhow I work for Delta now..
Best of luck, if JB is what you want, I think you're gunna need a little more time.
Best of luck, if JB is what you want, I think you're gunna need a little more time.
02-08-2018, 06:01 AM
#17
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2015
Posts: 166
I always liked JB, applied about 4 or 5 times....Bachelor Degree, 3500 total, 1200 TPIC, LCA, never failed any training ever...talked to JB multiple times at job fairs and each time I got the same feedback from the recruiter saying I don't have enough flight time!? They pretty much assume everyone who has less than 4,000 hours of flight time will fail training or struggle I guess...anyhow I work for Delta now..
Best of luck, if JB is what you want, I think you're gunna need a little more time.
Best of luck, if JB is what you want, I think you're gunna need a little more time.
Boston, New Hampshire, Maine, RI, NYC/LI/Philly - they'll roll out the red carpet for you. To a lesser degree the Florida guys as well.
JB expects you to give a hometown discount for the pleasure of cleaning their planes.
02-08-2018, 07:18 AM
#19
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Joined APC: Oct 2016
Posts: 369
Don't let some of the miserable people here ruin your goal. If you live driving distance to base and understand the current situation here, then by all means do what you can to get hired. Your TT is low, but the quality of it sounds pretty good. Attending job fairs is a big one, especially with your TT, and meeting recruiters face to face can boost your resume to the top of the pile. Don't expect a call from just submitting an application and sitting by the phone.
Do what you can to get hired at the big 3, keep the apps up to date, but for the meantime this place is much better than being at a regional that you need to commute to, and if the music all stops tomorrow, I'd much rather be stuck here. I have my apps up to date with the big 3, but being here and living in base vs commuting to a regional isn't even a comparison.
Yes, comparing ourselves to the bigger guys we are very underpaid, and we're all fighting very hard to change that. That said, the people who suggest staying at a regional, or leaving for a regional are delusional. I'd need to be a 10yr Captain at my last regional to make the same hourly rate as a 2nd yr FO here.
Good luck, and if/when you get here, remember. You are a pilot. Not a cleaner. The only time you should be wearing gloves is when you're heading out in the cold to do a walk-around.
Do what you can to get hired at the big 3, keep the apps up to date, but for the meantime this place is much better than being at a regional that you need to commute to, and if the music all stops tomorrow, I'd much rather be stuck here. I have my apps up to date with the big 3, but being here and living in base vs commuting to a regional isn't even a comparison.
Yes, comparing ourselves to the bigger guys we are very underpaid, and we're all fighting very hard to change that. That said, the people who suggest staying at a regional, or leaving for a regional are delusional. I'd need to be a 10yr Captain at my last regional to make the same hourly rate as a 2nd yr FO here.
Good luck, and if/when you get here, remember. You are a pilot. Not a cleaner. The only time you should be wearing gloves is when you're heading out in the cold to do a walk-around.
02-08-2018, 07:48 AM
#20
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2006
Position: Out
Posts: 448
Don't let some of the miserable people here ruin your goal. If you live driving distance to base and understand the current situation here, then by all means do what you can to get hired. Your TT is low, but the quality of it sounds pretty good. Attending job fairs is a big one, especially with your TT, and meeting recruiters face to face can boost your resume to the top of the pile. Don't expect a call from just submitting an application and sitting by the phone.
Do what you can to get hired at the big 3, keep the apps up to date, but for the meantime this place is much better than being at a regional that you need to commute to, and if the music all stops tomorrow, I'd much rather be stuck here. I have my apps up to date with the big 3, but being here and living in base vs commuting to a regional isn't even a comparison.
Yes, comparing ourselves to the bigger guys we are very underpaid, and we're all fighting very hard to change that. That said, the people who suggest staying at a regional, or leaving for a regional are delusional. I'd need to be a 10yr Captain at my last regional to make the same hourly rate as a 2nd yr FO here.
Good luck, and if/when you get here, remember. You are a pilot. Not a cleaner. The only time you should be wearing gloves is when you're heading out in the cold to do a walk-around.
Do what you can to get hired at the big 3, keep the apps up to date, but for the meantime this place is much better than being at a regional that you need to commute to, and if the music all stops tomorrow, I'd much rather be stuck here. I have my apps up to date with the big 3, but being here and living in base vs commuting to a regional isn't even a comparison.
Yes, comparing ourselves to the bigger guys we are very underpaid, and we're all fighting very hard to change that. That said, the people who suggest staying at a regional, or leaving for a regional are delusional. I'd need to be a 10yr Captain at my last regional to make the same hourly rate as a 2nd yr FO here.
Good luck, and if/when you get here, remember. You are a pilot. Not a cleaner. The only time you should be wearing gloves is when you're heading out in the cold to do a walk-around.
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