Originally Posted by
47dog
Hi "flap"
If your UAL you should give back your bond payout if you want to fly to 65. Or, keep it and leave at 60.
I'm only a couple of hundred from the bottom, 12 years seniority. No I would not have been furloughed the SECOND time without age 65. By the way, my Bond take= $0.
Well said. On return from my first furlough. Tilton (UAL CEO) spoke to our class with Bathurst (ALPA) and happily announced they would be furloughing us a second time because of the anticipated 65 rule. We were only temporary employees. So yes were were furloughed as a direct result of the 65 rule, and yes the pilots that did stay on over 65 did get a payout presuming their retirement at 60. We got zero.
They should have also introduced a real medical. The FAA class 1 is a joke unless there is something seriously wrong with you that you cannot just lie about.
If you can't get out of your emergency exit and swim and climb unaided on to your life raft you should not be a crew member. Same for FAs as they are primarily their for your safety LOL.
Just my 2 cents.