Originally Posted by
C2078
Vesting after 1 year. Say you only work 5 years, assuming you reach age 60, your pension will be $4,400 (FDA) x 5 = $22,000/year, assuming single life.
This assumes you work at least one revenue flight as a captain before retirement. Otherwise it’s 1.1% (didn’t look up percentage) FAE times years of service.
The pension is a great benefit, but it’s starting to lag inflation a bit. Hopefully we get that fixed.