JetBlue Pilots Vote Down Union
JetBlue Airways said Tuesday that its pilots did not cast enough votes to form a union, in the most significant organizing drive at the 10-year-old airline.
The airline said that 33 percent of its pilots voted in favor of the organizing drive led by the JetBlue Pilots Association, according to results received from the National Mediation Board.
The union needed 50 percent plus one vote among eligible pilots for the drive to succeed.
About 1,937 of the airline’s 2,000 pilots were eligible to vote. Of the eligible pilots, 646 voted for union representation, most of those for the association, according to figures from JetBlue. The remaining 1,291 pilots did not vote, which was the equivalent of a no vote.
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