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FlyChicaga · April 10th, 2005, 04:39

I'm going to catch heat for this, but...

JetBlue really isn't more than a glorified regional airline if you ask me. Those horrid EMB-190 rates. Yeah, major... riiight. Just like Independence Air with it's 900 CRJs and 3 A319s is a major too.

The day the EMB-190s roll onto JetBlue property is a day that this profession takes a major step backwards. 5th year Captain at JetBlue makes $77 per hour. 5th year FIRST OFFICER at Northwest on the DC-9 makes $95 per hour. Some of those DC-9s have 78 seats. 5th year DC-9 Captain at NWA is $154 per hour, so basically twice what the EMB-190 Captain at JetBlue is making. Plus, NWA has union protection, and their pilots aren't required in the job description to clean the airplane.

Yeah, JetBlue is the shiznit alright....

April 10th, 2005, 04:39	#9
FlyChicaga Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 4,886	Re: B6 EMB190? I'm going to catch heat for this, but... JetBlue really isn't more than a glorified regional airline if you ask me. Those horrid EMB-190 rates. Yeah, major... riiight. Just like Independence Air with it's 900 CRJs and 3 A319s is a major too. The day the EMB-190s roll onto JetBlue property is a day that this profession takes a major step backwards. 5th year Captain at JetBlue makes $77 per hour. 5th year FIRST OFFICER at Northwest on the DC-9 makes $95 per hour. Some of those DC-9s have 78 seats. 5th year DC-9 Captain at NWA is $154 per hour, so basically twice what the EMB-190 Captain at JetBlue is making. Plus, NWA has union protection, and their pilots aren't required in the job description to clean the airplane. Yeah, JetBlue is the shiznit alright....