Originally Posted by
fdx727pilot
Actually, I think are health care benefits are pretty good, based on my two previous airline jobs. I was just referencing (obviously not too clearly) another thread where it has been stated that our benefits, including health care, if not actually sucking the big one, were definitely sub-standard.
BTW - While I wouldn't have wanted to go to war in central Europe in one, or any other plane for that matter, flying the Hog looks like a lot of fun.
I knew that's where that question was aimed. Our insurance is actually pretty good, and along with all the other benefits we've negotiated, makes this an enviable place to work. Sure there are lots of problems, but overall, we're doing good (no word police action, please.)
The A-10 was fun to fly. With its gun, if you could see the target, you could usually kill it from right there. Virtually no bullet drop over 6 to 8,000 feet, unlike those fast movers with their pea shooters, who have to get within 2000 feet to hit anything. Plus A-10 pilots never went home alone.
