Originally Posted by
AA767AV8TOR
For all you junior guys out there, you better look hard at what raising the age will do to your career progression. The guys in the age 60-65 age bracket are fully intending to come back and take your jobs.
If you don’t like the scam the senior guys are trying to pull – write the FAA and your congressman. Time is running out.
AA767AV8TOR
AA767AV8TOR - The new rule does in fact entitle these 60 - 65 year old guys to
attempt to return to the cockpit. However, it does not give them the
RIGHT to just return with their old seniority number. The following is a direct quote from the proposed bill: "The modification of the Federal Aviation Administration regulations under section 1
shall not provide the basis for a claim of seniority under any labor agreement in effect between a recognized bargaining unit for pilots and an air carrier engaged in operations under part 121 of thtle 14, Code of Federal Regulations, made by any pilot seeking re-employment by such air carrier following the pilot's previous termination or cessation of employment." The way I read this is that it entitles them to reapply for their old job, nothing more. As well, the job they are reapplying for would be at the bottom of the seniority list. And that's if they get their old "job" back. It's different for those older guys who have stayed on the property. These guys (I believe) would be entitled to their previous seat position, if they can make it through recurrency training.