Originally Posted by
Left Coast MD11
The night the President signed the age 65 bill, I was flying into the hub from an overnight. My Capt and our jumpseater (another senior Capt) were going on and on, laughing about how they get to stick around now and how now they can get more toys. My Capt, who already owns several airplanes, now wants to buy a helicopter so he can land in his front yard of his 3 houses. The other went on and on about his 7 condos and how he'll now buy a couple more airplanes and more property. They were telling me how "lucky" I am to be able to fly until I'm 65 now!
I politely told them I'll be retiring when I'm 55, thank you.
Now, I understand that these guys probably made some great financial decisions earlier in life to get to that point, but, all I was thinking was...jeez, I hope I have enough to everyone a descent Christmas present this year.
If you guys want to laugh and high five each other (they actually high fived each other during the flight) please do don't do it in front of guys like me still on probation who are now going to be 5 or 6 year S/O's
No doubt. This is one of the biggest things that has bothered me about this 65 thing. I was sitting the sort one night and heard 3 capts talking about age 65 in front of another FO and I was at the table next to them. One of the capts was saying how if it passes "all these FOs are just going to have to DEAL with it!" Can we get a little discretion please instead of rubbing salt in the wound?