BASE WAGE ANALYSIS FOR ALL US-BASED AIRLINES WITH 1,000+ FLIGHTS PER DAY AND REVENUE OF APPROXIMATELY $10 BILLION IN ANNUAL REVENUE
Below are base wage rate comparisons for all US-based airlines with approximately 1,000 flights a day and approximately $10 billion in revenue, and all JetBlue GO pay scales. As you will see, all of JetBlue GO's pay scales are lower than the industry average at all steps of the pay scales.
IT'S LIKE COMPARING APPLES TO BOWLING BALLS
Why aren't smaller and "ultra low cost" (ULC) airlines included in the below comparison? When negotiating collective bargaining agreements, negotiating committees compare the wage rates of airlines that are similar in size and revenue generation, and the average wage rates among the major airlines (carriers with approximately 1,000 flights and annual revenues of approximately $10 billion).
When JetBlue GO Crewmembers vote YES and form a UNION, GO Crewmembers who will comprise the Negotiating Committee will be trained at the IAM UNION'S world class William W Winpisinger Education and Technology Center. One of the first things they will be trained to do is make appropriate comparisons to form realistic contract proposals. And comparing to airlines that are much smaller (Spirit, Frontier, Hawaiian, etc..), generate less than half the total revenue of JetBlue (Spirit, Frontier, Hawaiian, etc...), and have a different business model (ultra-low cost carrier) will not be part of the comparison.
JetBlue management forces these comparisons because it lowers its labor costs, and the Values Committee has no choice but to accept JetBlue management's flawed methods because the Values Committee has absolutely no legal authority to do anything else.
When JetBlue GO Crewmembers vote YES and form a UNION, GO Crewmembers who will comprise the Negotiating Committee will be trained at the IAM UNION'S world class William W Winpisinger Education and Technology Center. One of the first things they will be trained to do is make appropriate comparisons to form realistic contract proposals. And comparing to airlines that are much smaller (Spirit, Frontier, Hawaiian, etc..), generate less than half the total revenue of JetBlue (Spirit, Frontier, Hawaiian, etc...), and have a different business model (ultra-low cost carrier) will not be part of the comparison.
JetBlue management forces these comparisons because it lowers its labor costs, and the Values Committee has no choice but to accept JetBlue management's flawed methods because the Values Committee has absolutely no legal authority to do anything else.
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