Originally Posted by
JamesBond
Just curious. Have any views changed on here concerning any retirement restoration for the guys in the retirement window (i.e. deadzoners) and/or revisiting a different kind of retirement plan other than a 401k?
Fire away!
Makes it appear that it is about money....hold that thought, we will circle back in a bit...
Originally Posted by
JamesBond
Actually, no that is not the case. Delta doesn't even pay my tax bill, but thanks for playing..
If your Capt pay (for sake of argument I'll assume you are ER Capt) of $300K+ doesn't even pay your taxes, I would say you must be doing very well with other income streams to have that tax liability.
Originally Posted by
JamesBond
and it's not about the money.
I beg to differ.
Originally Posted by
JamesBond
Except that I wasn't old enough for it to work.
OK, how old are you?...Wait a second....
Originally Posted by
JamesBond
I do not expect to see a pay increase before I leave in 4 years, so the MBCBP does me zero. I can live with that.
Assuming you are leaving in 4 years due to hitting age 65, that means you are 61. So taking 3 years of reduced 58 hour VEOP pay (approx $200K / year) would not have resulted in being ready to retire, but working full time for the remaining 4 years would? (Maybe you are a GS ninja that would make $500K a year for the last 4 years, just to pad the bank account, IDK)
I'm trying to be emphatecic to the struggles of others and I well aware of what folks when through with 9/11, furloughs, bankruptcy, merger, loss of pension, age 60-65 stagnations, etc, etc, but you are all over the place in this thread....it IS about the money (and that's fine), but you must acknowledge that on one hand you are basically saying you couldn't afford to take the VEOP, but on the other hand you are making so much income you need a Delta Capt job just to pay your tax bill.
Color me confused.