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I think we all understand the provisions of ALPA National and age 60. I think we also understand the FDX Mec and company were working hard to make sure the chief pilot at the time could pretend to go to the back seat and then back to the left seat in the blink of an eye. After all he wrote good emails. That was kind of the point, just about every other airline seat progression stagnated, here at FDX we got to go backwards before we stagnated.
I hope the lesson learned is that any future age changes should be instituted gradually to prevent windfalls for some at the expense of others.