Originally Posted by CaptCoolHand

I'm no bluehero, and I'm not looking for a happy happy joy joy, or a cup and tickle. It's the false negatives and the "honesty" that I find annoying when guys are looking for legit intel while trying to make a decision.
I have no issues calling out the legit BS and I think I've been pretty fair in that aspect over the years.

We are in full agreement with jb finding it's rudder and the culture. It's a bítch board and we come here to get it out. However some of the arguments here imo are baseless.

Originally Posted by todd1200

So you're saying going to a legacy, with retirements, widebodies, rudders, etc, is "starting over at 0".

Are you saying that there's a place on JB's list that is better than the bottom of a legacy's list? Are you saying that, depending on a person's situation (someone with your seniority for instance), JB is actually a better option than going to a legacy?

Originally Posted by CaptCoolHand

There it is!

LOL. we got three whole positive posts in before everything here sucks.

1100 more pages of why jb sucks now please.

I'm in the same boat as Craig, Payne, Hyper and 450. Lifes not perfect a bluejet. But it's not "breaking rocks in Afghanistan". Or the prison sentence described much of the time either.

I know guys who hate UAL as much as some hate it here. Same with AA. The grass isn't greener... it's just different grass. We've had guys come here from fedex, one guy just had the last chance to go back to UAL and stayed here. MY GOD WHY!!

and really? wide bodies? you came here and thought... some day we'll have wide bodies? give it a rest already.

Yep we have very few retirements... but we're growing, I mean stagnantly growing... not parking jets, no differals (yet right).
We'll add another 9-10% to this pilot list this year and we've steadily added a few hundred guys for the last 6-7 years. But they're secretly planning to return some 320's they'll never tell us about.

I was hired in 2008 at #2005 I'm 1760 something now and we've got 3700ish on the list. Not sure where I could have gone then to make it to 48% on the list by now but it's not UAL AA or DAL.

BD, I'm not sure what your dream airline was, I'm sorry it's not here.

Originally Posted by Rascal

48% at a real Major gives you a choice of narrow-body line holding Captain or Senior wide-body First Officer. Any position will make you more money than senior JetBlue pilot.

BTW. As far I know, we are the only airline in the United States that makes their employees pay for business class seat. While, it might seem like a deal breaker, this is a big indicator of how JetBlue management "values" its employees.

Originally Posted by jtrain609

If American is not still doing this, they were in the recent past.

American and Continental both made their employees pay to non rev in coach by leg.

Originally Posted by jtrain609

If American is not still doing this, they were in the recent past.

American and Continental both made their employees pay to non rev in coach by leg.

Originally Posted by Phoenix21

American has not been charging it’s employees for non-rev seat upgrades since around 2016. Prior to that it was something like $50. Only thing employees now pay for when traveling on AAG metal is international taxes returning to the US. There’s several pricing schemes for dependent/buddy pass travel.

Also, no requirement to clean aircraft as part of travel benefits.

Originally Posted by JackieChan

Does anyone know if this gov’t shutdown is affecting prospective new hire background checks?

Originally Posted by rvr1800

I still think Alaska, Jetblue, Hawaiian merger makes strong competition against the big three. Hardest decision would be picking a name.