Originally Posted by
USMCFDX
This is not a retirement benefit. I get paid the same 72 hours if I use my sick - you just flew and extra 72 hours at straight time to get that check at the end of the year. Stop promoting this fort something it is not.
Agree’d. I’d like to see the percentage of pilots who end up with a full bank every year. One medical event and that extra bump to your retirement is gone. So I definitely wouldn’t include it as a retirement tool.