Originally Posted by
busdriver12
But who wants to do that? Go to base for upgrade training for a few months to only fly one trip as a captain? What a waste of time, effort and money. And what if someone medicals out before they get the chance? Then their retirement is permanently affected.
I don't see making FO's have a forced lower retirement to be a good deal.
I think we are discussing two different issues.
A, which plan pays out more to the junior crew member unable to upgrade until late in their career
B. should Capt and FO receive the similar retirement benefit.
I wanted to add a little about UPS's retirement to help FedEx guys compare because certainly what you all do will effect us in our contracts.
To discuss the topic B we should start a new thread.