 Re: B6 EMB190?
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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.
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NW pays their guys more than B6 so naturally everyone assumes that the B6 guys are underpaid rather than the other way around. Which airline is making money? Which airline is more in tune with the marketplace?
The industry, and thus the profession, is evolving. Unions are not going to be able to change that. So you have a choice. Accept things as they are and make career choices accordingly, or take a job with B6 and spend the rest of your career complaining about the pay. What's it going to be
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