Originally Posted by
FangsF15
* I'd be willing the bet there will be some folks who will finally fess up to a condition they have been hiding/minimizing, and initiate LTD somewhere around 65 (when they have been expecting to retire anyway), and collect a year's pay spread over the following 2. No idea how many, but it won't be zero... 10% of the monthly retirements are above/beyond mandatory numbers... Just saying.
Human nature indicates that's likely.
Over my career, I've observed a slight tendency towards discretionary LTD on the part of people who have some grievance (real or perceived) with the airline. Commonly merger victims.