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Old 06-16-2023 | 07:25 PM
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Wingtip220
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Originally Posted by Nucflash
Pilot A wants to stay until 67. Pilot B wants out of the rat race as scheduled at 65, and has planned his life and retirement accordingly. So put simplistically, this upsets the apple cart for two years for the pilot B types who don’t want to fly ‘till they die. Everyone should play by the same set of rules. Moving the goal posts closer for your kick just because you are crying about being at 4th and long is BS.

Pardon me sir but who the hell are you to dictate what others should do. How many times on this damn site does this opinionated argument have to be brought up. If you want to punch out 65,60,55,35,29,23 do it nobody will beg you to stay. My choice, my life!! Your choice, your life!! There are pilots who are still actively flying their butts off to make back as much of their retirement that was obliterated thru recent bankruptcies and mergers. A lot of em didn’t have enough years left to recoup even a fraction of what they were promised for being a loyal employee for many years. There are families out there that lost a member due the numerous suicides that took place in the early 2000’s after losing everything due to pensions and retirement accounts being dissolved and taken over by the PBGC. Put yourself in the persons shoes who at 57 years old when the mandatory age was 60 leaving work one day knowing he has 2-3 million in a pension waiting for him only to show up for his next trip getting handed a furlough notice and oh yeah your only gonna get about 200,000 for retirement, thanks for your service. That entitled opinion of yours can go pound sand.
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