Originally Posted by
symbian simian
Can't qoute Fangs directly for some reason, probably my age....
FWIW, I see the selfishness in my position.
I disagree that wanting to change something vs wanting to keep the status quo is by definition more selfish.
I got stuck for those 5 years, age 67 would give me less than half that time to make up for that.
Career earnings for those staying till 67, and ugrading 2 years later would higher, not lower. They will only make less if they retire at 65. Not saying it's fair, but your math is wrong, provided everything else remains the same (I know...)
I would vote in favor. If it gets voted down, I would accept that without *****ing, just like age 65 when that happened. Thing is, none of us will get a vote, so none of this matters.
(APC really needs autocorrect)
You are saying that you lost progression because of a previous age change, but then recommend another one to fix it. For you.
This imposes the same problem on the next group, right? The stagnation of waiting to move to a bigger airplane or make Captain will cost the majority of pilots more than they can make up by working an extra 2 years. This only benefits the pilots who are at top scale and/or approaching 65.