Originally Posted by CGfalconHerc

Having been displaced/re-trained 5 times...I think a couple of months enjoying Spons and the BBQ Kitchen at the Holiday Inn North on Va. Ave (instead of NATCO), training for a pay cut on a new plane, with a new base and a more junior commute will motivate a 4-Eng guy to take his frozen pension and retire more than some sort of wimpy buy-out. Especially if they can get a head start on the ice-fishing season.

I know only the bottom 25% will be mandatorily displaced, but if the training backlog is too great for the company to swallow, just let that category stay fat until guys bid off with a (hopefully) new WB order or the senior guys hit 65.

Jmho..