Originally Posted by
JollyF15
Not trying to sling mud here JJ, and I won't have a lousy attitude over this thing. I don't like it, that's for sure. Yes it does effect me in a negative way, and a bunch of other pilots at my seniority in the same boat. I'm professional enough to keep this out of the cockpit, and for what it's worth I still have a smile on my face when I go to work. Life's too short to be p---ed off at the world.
But it's like I said, I just don't get why anyone would take a pass on the great retirement our contract provides at 60. I'll have 18 years here plus my 21 years in the AF and would like to retire early. Will I miss it? No, I really don't think so---there's too much life left to live and want to live it while I'm healthy. This is a very emotional issue for us all. I think the change is a really bad idea for all the reasons we've already been over. That being said, it's probably going to happen and I'll apparently have to suck it up and move on. Kinda sucks though.
Not every all of us have a Military retirement coming in or one to look forward too. Not all of us have or will have the FedEx Retirement Maxed out at 60........This will affect ALL of us negatively, not just YOU and the more junior guys.
There were 3 guys in My new hire class who were over 50 when they got hired here. When they reached 60 they only had 5-6 yeats worth of B fund money since we had recently got our 1st contract. They only had 9-10 years FedeX longevity, so they went to the back seat to keep getting another 2% per year...............wouldn't you do that?