Originally Posted by
SaltyDog
Whacker77,
Disclosure- The congressional ruling cost me the left seat.
Factually, Congress steamrolled this event. Unions could and did weigh in on opinion. (ALPA did, some chose to stay neutral).
To blame the senior ALPA union leadership is easy flamebait, certainly plays well to us more junior pilots. However, objectively, if you study the history of worldwide airline retirement age, it was clear the U.S. congress was going to change the age by congressional action.
You are right, this was all discussed more than is useful over the last 22 months. The congressional law cost me significantly, but cannot blame 'over 60' pilots any more than I blame them for the worldwide economic mess.
Just so we're on the same page, I wasn't trying to blame senior pilots for anything. I was just wondering out loud how things might have been different had the rule been phased in or if it hadn't been done right at the start of a period of significant furloughs. Not trying to flame at all. I do my flaming the Louisville football message board!
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