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Commitments | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Commitments | Commitments Flight Equipment Commitments As of December 31, 2019, our firm aircraft orders consisted of 79 Airbus A321neo aircraft and 70 Airbus A220 aircraft, all scheduled for delivery through 2026. Committed expenditures for these aircraft and related flight equipment, including estimated amounts for contractual price escalations and predelivery deposits, is approximately $1.1 billion in 2020, $1.5 billion in 2021, $1.3 billion in 2022, $1.7 billion in 2023, $1.6 billion in 2024 and $0.6 billion thereafter. We are scheduled to receive 14 new Airbus A321neo aircraft in 2020. The amount of committed expenditures stated above represents the current delivery schedule set forth in our Airbus order book as of December 31, 2019. In October 2018 and May 2019, we received notice from Airbus of anticipated delivery delays of the A321neo aircraft. Due to these delays, we only took delivery of six A321neo aircraft in 2019 with the remaining seven to be delivered beyond their contractual delivery year. The committed expenditures for these seven backlogged A321 neo aircraft are not included in the amounts above due to uncertainties in the timing of these deliveries. We expect a delivery of a maximum of 11 Airbus A321neo aircraft in 2020 as a result of the delays. In October 2019, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced a 10% tariff on new commercial aircraft and related parts imported from certain European Union member states, which include aircraft and other parts we are already contractually obligated to purchase, including those noted above. In February 2020, the U.S. Trade Representative announced an increase in the tariff to 15% which will become effective in March 2020. We are working with our business partners, including Airbus, to evaluate the potential financial and operational impact of these announcements on our future aircraft deliveries. The imposition of the tariff could substantially increase the cost of new Airbus aircraft and parts. Other Commitments We utilize several credit card processors to process our ticket sales. Our agreements with these processors do not contain covenants, but do generally allow the processor to withhold cash reserves to protect the processor from potential liability for tickets purchased, but not yet used for travel. While we currently do not have any collateral requirements related to our credit card processors, we may be required to issue collateral to our credit card processors, or other key business partners, in the future. As of December 31, 2019, we had approximately $34 million pledged related to our workers' compensation insurance policies and other business partner agreements, which will expire according to the terms of the related policies or agreements. In April 2014, ALPA was certified by the National Mediation Board, or NMB, as the representative body for JetBlue pilots after winning a representation election. We reached a final agreement for our first collective bargaining agreement which was ratified by the pilots in July 2018. The agreement is a four-year, renewable contract, which became effective August 1, 2018 and included compensation, benefits, work rules, and other policies. In April 2018, JetBlue inflight crewmembers elected to be solely represented by the Transport Workers Union of America, or TWU. The NMB certified the TWU as the representative body for JetBlue inflight crewmembers and we are working with the TWU to reach a collective bargaining agreement. As of December 31, 2019, approximately 47 percent of our full-time equivalent crewmembers were represented by unions. Except as noted above, our crewmembers do not have third party representation. We enter into individual employment agreements with each of our non-unionized FAA-licensed crewmembers which include dispatchers, technicians, and inspectors as well as air traffic controllers. Each employment agreement is for a term of five years and automatically renews for an additional five years unless either the crewmember or we elect not to renew it by giving at least 90 days' notice before the end of the relevant term. Pursuant to these agreements, these crewmembers can only be terminated for cause. In the event of a downturn in our business that would require a reduction in work hours, we are obligated to pay these crewmembers a guaranteed level of income and to continue their benefits if they do not obtain other aviation employment.

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