Originally Posted by
Buck Rogers
Just curious. Could it be more complex than that?
They close your base and you don't move and are "forced" to commute......that's a choice?
Your base becomes super senior due to realignment and you chose not to commute and suffer "stagnation"......that's a choice?
They change the retirement age and you are "stuck" in the RJ world instead of quitting......that's a choice?
The company hands you a 48% pay cut and you don't quit and slog out the 10 year recovery......that's a choice?
You had covid and choose not to vax.....that's a choice?
That's the neat thing about "Merica....lots of choices.....just sometimes, some are more palatable than others.
I guess one could say suicide is a choice.....so no empathy, no perspective, no attempt at "understanding" ? Just "tough tata's", that was your choice?
I too am comfortable with all the above as far as logic goes.....but it sounds a little tone deaf....or am I misunderstanding what you are getting at?
Nearly all of the above applies to me. 10 years at a regional, 3 airlines total, bankruptcy, pay cuts, displaced out of base, age 65 stagnation etc. That's just the luck of the draw. I still think my career is, was, and will be better than "working" for living. We know you don't get 60% FAE but do you think you will have a retirement ~ at that level of living? Are you (plural all yall) more worried about not having a consistent check from Delta or how you will afford retirement?