jetBlue Hiring
06-06-2015, 11:02 AM
#4781
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Joined APC: Oct 2012
Position: 190 captain and “Pro-pilot”
Posts: 2,930
A chief called a guy because his Blue Dart quit? That, in my opinion, is a chicken $h!t move on the Chief's part. Pilots are always going to do what is best for them and their families. I am not going to stick around an airline that is offering me a cross country commute for life and stagnant growth when someone else is calling my name.
The pilot's answer was right....this guy was awesome and YOU lost him. The company could have had this rock star for his career but they failed to appeal to him. Instead of calling people out, its probably time to look inward at pay scales, work rules, and other things that make pilots stay at stagnant airlines during periods of growth in the industry.
If a chief called me and asked me why one of my recommendations quit, I would hang up on him. Give me a break.
The pilot's answer was right....this guy was awesome and YOU lost him. The company could have had this rock star for his career but they failed to appeal to him. Instead of calling people out, its probably time to look inward at pay scales, work rules, and other things that make pilots stay at stagnant airlines during periods of growth in the industry.
If a chief called me and asked me why one of my recommendations quit, I would hang up on him. Give me a break.
You don't even work here and you might not even have the whole story.
Jetblue is hardly stagnent.
06-06-2015, 11:07 AM
#4782
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Joined APC: Apr 2013
Posts: 3,650
Sorry if I gave the wrong impression. I am not excited about it, I just think it is bs that a chief would call any line pilot and ask a question like that.
I wasn't implying that JB is stagnant, just that some airlines are relative to others, mine included. Pilots are, however, leaving there for other places, just like they are at my airline. It is just a symptom of the economic reality right now. I don't defend SWA for their antics, you shouldn't defend your management for theirs. To do so enables them.
I wasn't implying that JB is stagnant, just that some airlines are relative to others, mine included. Pilots are, however, leaving there for other places, just like they are at my airline. It is just a symptom of the economic reality right now. I don't defend SWA for their antics, you shouldn't defend your management for theirs. To do so enables them.
06-06-2015, 11:20 AM
#4784
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2012
Position: 190 captain and “Pro-pilot”
Posts: 2,930
Sorry if I gave the wrong impression. I am not excited about it, I just think it is bs that a chief would call any line pilot and ask a question like that.
I wasn't implying that JB is stagnant, just that some airlines are relative to others, mine included. Pilots are, however, leaving there for other places, just like they are at my airline. It is just a symptom of the economic reality right now. I don't defend SWA for their antics, you shouldn't defend your management for theirs. To do so enables them.
I wasn't implying that JB is stagnant, just that some airlines are relative to others, mine included. Pilots are, however, leaving there for other places, just like they are at my airline. It is just a symptom of the economic reality right now. I don't defend SWA for their antics, you shouldn't defend your management for theirs. To do so enables them.
06-08-2015, 03:46 AM
#4789
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Joined APC: Nov 2005
Posts: 2,551
More commuters in FLL than MCO. Day trips go very senior in MCO. They tend to drop a little farther in FLL. I was examining a move to FLL and noticed an entire line of day trips at 50% seniority in FLL. I don't know the quality of that trip though because I didn't look up the specifics.
MCO day trips even as an FO is a 8-12 year minimum unless we grow the base.
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