Originally Posted by
captchris
How many guys do you think would actually work until 65 if/when this is all said and done?? I think most of them, when the dollars and cents look OK will get out. But then again... I don't talk to that many people that'd be directly affected.
Some of the older pilots I have talked to say they cannot afford retire and would stick around (or they feel like they cannot afford it)... and they usually mention the fact that their expected pension benefit is now gone...
...Not to mention, how else would they be able to continue to pay off their two (or three or four) ex-wives alimonies?