Originally Posted by
ZapBrannigan
I hope that the bottom half of the seniority list votes NO with near unanimity! Increase in retirement age harms virtually everyone except for a very few who are the last few years of their careers. You can’t move the goal posts in the middle of the game! No FO should have to wait a further three years to upgrade while the pigs feed at the trough! No junior pilot should be stuck on a trans-con commute to reserve… or stuck flying weekends… or holidays… enduring stagnation, so that pilots who have had decades to prepare for retirement could be given a few more years at the top of the list.
PLEASE TALK TO YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR CLASSMATES, JUNIOR CAPTAINS, and get them to vote NO. There are more captains than FOs, and if we don’t organize and vote like our careers depend on it, we will stagnate as others prosper.
I personally don't support raising the retirement age, but welcome to the career of pretty much every late 90's, early 2000's hire at the majors. Not that long ago I was flying with captains who had spent 18-20 years in the right seat. And these guys were commuting from the west coast to NYC, just to be able to hold captain.
My money says it's going to change, and there isn't anything any of us can do about it.