Jet Blue Pilots Vote to Unionize; World Says "They Weren't Before?"

"For Sweden" (rallybeetle) 04/29/2014 at 13:23 • Filed to: Planelopnik, Jet Blue, Air Line Pilots Association, Labor, Unions, ALPA

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Per !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , 71% of Jet Blue pilots voted for representation by the Air Line Pilots Association. Jet Blue pilots have voted against collective bargaining twice before, but the relentless march of airline consolidation, and the accompanying pilot seniority standoffs, changed the pilots' calculus.

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At this time, no heavy-handed, bleeding-heart columns linking the pilots' unionization to the death of the middle class/communism/capitalism/oligarchy/Illuminati/cultural Marxism have emerged.

f86sabre > For Sweden 04/29/2014 at 14:17

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Interesting. Pretty rare event in today's day and age.

For Sweden > f86sabre 04/29/2014 at 14:18

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It's rare for a young airline's pilots to unionize?

f86sabre > For Sweden 04/29/2014 at 14:52

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I would say it is unusual for an airline that has been in business for 15 years to see it's pilots unionize, yes. As your original post indicates, it is surprising they didn't go union right off the bat, but to have made it this long and now decide to pull the trigger is interesting.