Originally Posted by Herkflyr

I can promise there ain't no one shedding tears for younger-than-50 777 captains who--boo hoo--couldn't take a lump sum and retire early. Many F/Os these days are approaching 50 and can't conceive of being a 50-year-old 777 F/O, much less 777 captain.

I suppose the 49-year-old (in 2005) 777 captain (who was probably a 35-year-old narrowbody captain and 40-year old 767 captain) is just going to have to find a way to deal with the purgatory that is DAL, as he spends 16+ years in the left seat of the highest paying aircraft on the property.

I might pick a different example for the legitimacy of DPA support than that one. Considering we had thousands of guys furloughed for up to 5+ years, there are plenty of worthy ones out there.