Originally Posted by
busdriver12
What is to prevent people from forcing any changes to a retirement plan on everyone in new contract negotiations anyways? They can't trade away what you have already accrued, though.
Raising the limits on the DB plan sounds great. But that wouldn't happen for many years, so it sounds fine to people who are younger...doesn't do anything for those who don't have several years to wait. Hence the rush to negotiate something else.
There can't be a comprehensive solution that works for everyone until the next contract. And that will exclude maybe 1,000 pilots on the property, as they will be gone.
They can't trade it away, but they can freeze it and force other options. And, if a majority vote for that, they are affecting themselves as well because they are tied into the plan they are voting to change.
Why can a comprehensive solution only be obtained during the next round of negotiations? If we are going to try to do it now, do it right. I don't want a bandaid fix.