Originally Posted by
iaflyer
And if not enough leave?
Realistically, the senior Captains are getting plenty of vacation, fly good trips and can drop their trips if they want time off.
Why would they leave so they can buy their own insurance and take a 100% paycut?
Sure - I bet Delta will give them as an early out 6 months of pay or so, maybe $20K in medical. But like George in Seinfeld said, "if I stay, I get it all" - 12 months of pay a year and subsidized medical.
The 747 guys (A,s for sure maybe not B,s) have a full frozen retirement. They will not take a 100% paycut by any stretch of the imagination. I don't understand why any of them would continue to work as they near 65. I know I'd take an early out if I was in their shoes. However I'm not them and it is totally up to them.