Originally Posted by
nicholasblonde
What a wonderful Christmas present our elected officials, ALPA, the AARP, and the selfish bastard 55-60 year old captains at major airlines have given us. (sarcasm).
I think I'm going to go to India or China once I have enough hours on type. Seriously. The last reason I was going to put up with regional wages here (possibility of moving up before I have a family to feed) has been taken away.
I guess the Indian carriers, who have been existing off of 60+ year old captains from the US and EU, might be good places to be. Then again, it's India, which isn't exactly the living conditions I would have had here.
I guarantee some 60+ dudes--even though it's written into the law that it's non-retroactive--will file suits to try to get their seniority back at the legacies.
Sound the horns boys, and fight for more pay...we have nothing to lose now that we all know we're gonna be stuck wherever we are for another 5 years!!!
Regionals can no longer be looked at as "stepping stones." Now you gotta look at them more like the job you might very well have the rest of your life...or until you're 60ish.
Well, it's funny you should say that, HSLD was saying how a lot of foreign airlines wouldn't hire the guys who were lets say around 55 +/-becuase they couldn't use their certificates past 60, but know that they can, maybe a lot of guys will go overseas to finish up their careers, who knows, either way its a mess.
What really kills me is that these really senior guys who are right around 60 are making a lot of money and hardly ever work, so why wouldn't they work another 5 years, they get paid more and work less and less, meanwhile we fight with each other over petty regional issues making 30k a year, its a disgrace. A lot of these senior guys have no idea what life is like at this level, and never have, they got to where they are by those retiring at age 60..............I can't even talk about this anymore it makes me wayyyyyyyy to angry/emotional, Im glad most of the guys I fly with are in their 20's and 30's because it would make for a fun 4-day discussing Age 65