Originally Posted by
throttleweenie
I told my wife about the early-out program. She said why would someone quit to clear $30k for 5 years when they could just get "dizzy" and take the LTD, $96k a year after taxes til 65?
Why indeed?
TW
So in other words lie and deliberately lose your medical. As more pilots abuse the system, the costs go up for everyone else to support the system while you play golf for an extra 5 years. Brilliant. I'll stick to using LTD if and only if the FAA doc actually finds a real problem that has no quick resolution. If we end up losing the LTD system down the road due to it no longer being sustainable, I will happily donate vacation days to pilots with an actual need as I have in the past.
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