Originally Posted by
TonyC
CBA 2006 solved the problem with a Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Association (VEBA) - a "trust fund" of sorts - funded by The Company with a lump sum of cash into a Health Reimbursement Account for pilots who would reach Age 53 by January 1, 2007. Come January 2, 2014, the pilot who missed that deadline by 1 day will turn 60 with no VEBA to soften the blow of post-retirement/pre-Medicare health care costs. (See CBA Section 27, Paragraph H.7.)
So Tony ... why did ALPA fix the retiree medical problem for BC and DW but not for you and me (and thousands of others)? That deal smelled bad to me back then and I did not vote for it, did you?