Originally Posted by
JamesBond
... So answer me this. What is the target demographic for an early retirement package? The guys leaving in 6 months? a year? two years? more? I think they need to get ahead of the curve and that would be anyone with 2 years or more. I think you are in the 2 or less category, so what would it take for you to hang it up? I have 5 and not that I am in any kind of target, there is no way they would even try to get me out of here....
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I suspect that if they REALLY believe that traffic will recover to 70% by NEXT Summer, that any ERP would target thinning the entire Delta workforce herd only for the next 12 months. Pilots retiring in that time frame would be gone then anyway. I doubt that negotiations will result in a plan rich enough to provide a flood of Pilot takers unless they lengthen the benefit duration, which would be counter to long term savings.
We should know by this time next week.
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