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JetBlue pilots vote to join union

JetBlue Airways Corp. pilots voted to join the Air Line Pilots Association, ending the carriers status as the biggest U.S. airline without a union and erasing a gain in the stock.

By Mary Schlangenstein, Michael Sasso | Updated on April 23, 2014

April 22 (Bloomberg) — JetBlue Airways Corp. pilots voted to join the Air Line Pilots Association, ending the carrier’s status as the biggest U.S. airline without a union and erasing a gain in the stock.

Collective bargaining may bring higher costs as New York- based JetBlue negotiates pay rates and work rules to cover all its pilots. Now the fifth-largest U.S. carrier, JetBlue began flying in 2000 and has long cast itself as a model of labor relations in an industry known for discord.

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