Originally Posted by
FLYLOW22
When a pilot resigns with a LOA to collect 50% pension or lose it all 15 years early, that's not retirement.
That's resigning.
Did you ever make it to a major cockpit Falcon?
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Leaving with a retirement pension is, you guessed it, retirement. And of course I haven't flown for a major, otherwise I'd still be there. Until recently though, it really was for lack of trying. I like GA flying (smaller airports, FBOs, more interaction with pax, etc), and I thought NJA would make for a good career. I believed in balloons and ponies for a decade, despite the furlough, company shrinking, people dying off the seniority list instead of retiring, the list goes on. The realization that the last decade of my career has been a waste is a tough one to accept, but once I did, it hit me like a ton of bricks. So now I'm getting the logbook caught up and will be sending out apps for the first time in quite a while. To paraphrase someone you're familiar with, I'm taking control of my career.