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Old 02-14-2022 | 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Merle Haggard
I don't want a plan with "the same protections".

I want a higher FAE cap on the current plan - period.

I don't want to work more for more years and have the NC tell me that's an improvement to my retirement. I can work more now and save the freaking money - but that's not on my to-do list.
Don't know what's gonna come with the TA, but I trust the NC. If it's a retirement plan with the same protections as we have now that generates a higher benefit, why would anyone care how the sausage is made? But, maybe it'll be our current plan with a higher FAE cap. Either way, I trust the NC to deliver. They don't negotiate in public. Pass 1 isn't the same as pass 5 or 7 and there's no benefit to informing the entire populace of our group on a proposal that hasn't been finalized. All that does is create expectations that may not be realistic and eventually undermine the NC efforts. We don't need 5700 opinions on social media to embolden the company to stand their ground on one offer or another that haven't even been hashed out by both sides. Did you know the specific details of the 2015 purple or orange heath plans before they were negotiated and put into a TA out for a vote? No - you didn't. It's no different with retirement. Now is the time to trust and support your NC and stop undercutting them publicly with what you will or will not vote for when nothing has been finalized. All you do with that rhetoric is reduce their ability to get us what we deserve.

As to the last comment. Call your rep. There is no plan being proposed to make you work more years for your retirement. Or keep spewing your BS and showing us all how uninformed your are.
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