Originally Posted by
nimslow
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.
That was me. I was a January 99 hire at a major. Going on 26 years in the right seat. To be fair, I didn’t go back when recalled so it’s partly my fault. Still stings a little thinking about it happening again.