Originally Posted by
afterburn81
I read these types of threads from time to time. I'm just trying to get on the same level as everyone else and understand where you are coming from. We everyone refers to "These People", who are we talking about? Is it the union pushing for this or is it management? I can't imagine why any company would want this. This keeps the payroll super high with mega senior guys doing practically nothing. Not the ideal employee as far as the bean counters are concerned. We all know that if lots of guys started retiring due to old age, there are butt loads of new hire pilots ready to back fill the line and plenty of qualified guys to upgrade. This would ultimately lower costs right?
Unions have no clout in this industry so I can't imagine they will get the job done even if they are pushing for it.
Guess I'm a little confused.
Age has nothing to do with "sitting around doing nothing". If a 5th year captain was number one on the list, he would have that same great schedule. I think companies would be happy to pay top payscale instead of training cost. I read (dont know who accurate this is) that every 1 retirement at AA triggers 6 training events. Thats alot of doubt.