Originally Posted by
RJSAviator76
Everyone is altruistic and a "mentor" until it hits them in the pocket. Then it's excuse central... some tug at emotional aspects, others were wronged early on and they're trying to right a perceived wrong, yet others spout "scientific" reasons, others hide behind "mentoring the new generation" yet will fight tooth and nail against "SIC-only after 65." It's hypocrisy at its finest and all bunch of BS. Want a fair system? Eliminate mandatory retirement age altogether and implement tougher medicals to include cognitive testing. Pick an arbitrary LTD end date should you go out on medical. That's FAIR. The rest is a flair of bullsh!t pushing their preferred choice of outcome.
And no, life isn't fair and yes, get over it. The sooner you do, the better off you'll be. Something else... you're also assuming that people purposefully want to damage others' careers because they had it rough. It's way simpler than that... most couldn't care less one way or another until it affects them. Do you care about me? Do you care about my family? Do you care about my needs or my family's? Do you care about our financial well-being to the point that you would sacrifice your and your family's financial well-being for the benefit of mine? We know the answer to that. It's really that simple.
While I ended up deleting my reply cause I am trying to stay out of this.....
But I will give you the answer..... How about taking the reduced 50 hour guarantee during COVID at my regional? I am not seeking credit or seeking praise and you're right in the sense that if going down to 50 hours causes too much strain on me I would probably would not have done it. But I absolutely believed in doing what I could to help those below me.
There is a limit, but I am all for reasonable measures like the agreements that came about during COVID to prevent a furlough( with the exception of AA.....).
Speaking of AA, one of the union guys was all about, " I was furloughed so I won't do anything to help you" mentality. They do exist and like I said, miserable people.
And my whole life isn't fair thing is they who speak it don't practice it. Here they are stating, " life isn't fair, get over it" then turn around and whine and moan how they deserve Age 67 because they had it rough while the people hired now have the potential to have a better ride. As you're deriding hypocrital statements, you don't get anymore hypocritcal than that.