Originally Posted by
sailingfun
It’s not a small fraction of your pilot group. Historically probably in excess of 50% of your pilot group will use disability.
The big airlines generally are required to set up a disability and survivorship fund. It’s normally held outside the company and will continue paying benefits even if the company files chapter 11 or liquidates.
Yeah, you're right. When I said only a small fraction will use it I was thinking of using it for a very long time like over 5 years and all the way to retirement.
Definitely lots of guys will use it for short periods.