Originally Posted by
tomgoodman
DALPA did the same thing. Both groups knew or should have known that a renewed push for increasing the retirement age was a foreseeable consequence of pension termination. By the same token, those who allowed "B-scales" years ago should have foreseen that there might be a payback from the junior pilots some day.
Tom,
You are so correct. In 1985 the UAL pilots went on strike when the only thing left on the table was the B-scale issue. This was done because we knew that accepting a permanent B-scale, as the Allied Pilots Association had done, would seriously weaken ALPA-UAL and ALPA National by the strife it would cause.
This of course, was right up management's alley.
To this day I have the highest respect for those senior guys who honored the picket line when they were so close to retirement.
A few actually retired on strike.
So even though it's of no benefit to me, I support modifying the age 60 rule to no less than 65. For whatever that's worth.