Well, looking at Jetfire's design he looks too bad ass to be an Autobot but we already know he combines with Optimus so here's two ideas I have:

1) Jetfire starts off as a 'Con but after a while turns to the Autobot side and will reformat into a Autobot, I say "reformat" because his design doesn't work as an Autobot so it'd look better if he reformats and combines with Prime

2) Jetfire stays as a Decepticon throughout the whole film and only combines with Prime as a last-ditch attempt to defeat the fallen

Tell me what you think guys

 

I don't see why he can't retain his design and be an Autobot.

 

it's not that he can't it's just that his design (as awesome as it is) doesn't look like an Autobot as it's possibly the most evil TFTM design yet

 

He will be still decepticon until movie is end.

 

I think I'd prefer that too

although in G1 Jetfire switched sides

 

I hope he reformats. There is a rather disturbing lack of military oriented Autobots.

 

I personally hope that he switches sides ... Jetfire as a decepticon just doesn't work for me.

 

Its seems like its just a name reuse rather than a representation of the G1 character in the movie.

He certainly looks like a Decepticon.

 

I hope he switches sides based on a moral dilemma, just like in the show.

 

Well Hasbro named his toy ''decepticon jetfire''...I dont think he ll be switching sides but since the rumors are of a Decepticons-Autobots alliance to fight The Fallen, he ll be a tweener... Anyway, the only thing that really matters is that he s in the movie!! A blackbird transformer.. a freaking blackbird!!! Awesome

 

and its possible by looking to the legends-toys that these toys could combine, why not the "real bots"

a really rough prime, yeah ^^

 

Oh yeah I know - G1 Jetfire probably my favorite character so any representation or rebirth of him I hold near and dear. I know Bay took liberties with some of the names in the first movie (Devastator tank) so it wouldn't surprise me if he named this guy jetfire 'because it was cool' or something. I still hold out hope of the moral switch as was mentioned a few posts up as well though, but understand he probably has nothing to do with the G1 char.

 

Well why can't there be an ugly Autobot? Remember, most of the Decepticons resemble the Arbiter from Halo, and he's a good guy.

 

i dont think that he reformats... you can clearly see from the toy that he combines with optimus prime in his current form

 

Why would he? He's an SR-71 Blackbird! That's as cool as it gets.