Originally Posted by
Tropical
Don't worry. Right after ALPA caves in Aug/Sep to support this (like they did last time when they didn't want to be on the losing side), they'll also cave and encourage their MECs to push LOAs allowing 67-67 pilots who recently retired to me back with seniority because "fairness" and "experience". Since the senior guys control the MECs these LOAs will easily pass and won't be sent to MEMRAT due to the "urgent nature of the issue". Then the circle will be complete. Until they come back in 2 years and demand 70+. Which they will.
You forget something: the senior MEC folks don't want retirees coming back and displacing them any more than you or I do. MEC by definition are active pilots, so they're in before the lock.
Originally Posted by
Tropical
Furloughs begin in less than a year. 20% off the bottom of every legacy. Prepare yourselves.
That's not what the usual experts and financial media are saying, they're calling it soft landing already in progress. Much as you might dislike age 67 and boomers in general, this isn't going to collapse the global economy.
I'm not going to predict black swans, or their absence, that's just a looming specter we all have to learn to live with in this bidness,