Originally Posted by
StoneQOLdCrazy
If you think our health insurance premiums are high now, wait to see what they are if we have to assume two more years of pool risk so entitled geezers can stick around for two or more years (they’re not going to be satisfied with 67).
Maybe if our membership had placed some priority on retiree medical benefits, more pilots would have been willing to bail at 65 and sooner. Healthcare is the boogieman at all phases of life. Delta relies on Tricare to lessen the urgency for acceptable benefits. FYI, other airlines have pooled retirees with active employees in the same risk pool, and it worked. Sure the retiree pays the full premium, but it's the same amount as the active employee + employer pay for the same coverage. Is there a problem with that?