Originally Posted by
Jetjok
Yeah, I understand what Gunter and Daniel are saying. What I'm saying is that, regardless of the reason someone is junior, and regardless of the disparity and QOL between the senior-most and the junior-most lines on a particular jet, and regardless of the fact that a senior wide-body first officer can out-earn a junior narrow-body captain, a flying job at FedEx is still a fantastic flying job. When I was hired by PAA (that's Pan American World Airways for you new guys), I was plumbing along with guys who had been on furlough for the previous 15 years. Imagine that. Imagine being junior for 15 years. Now, fast forward to today.....You guys really don't have it bad, so quit your whining and get back to work. And just in case you decide to continue to complain about the Age 60 thing, look around. They are raising the age limit on everything these days, because we are living healthier and longer, and we (the government) cannot afford to pay (social security, medicare, etc) to someone who retires at 60, but lives to 85.
Just my take.
JJ
I still think you don't really understand the differences. Not sure how many people you talk to at the pax airlines but there is a huge QOL difference between junior guys at Delta and SWA (for example) and guys here. System form is just so drastically different that seniority in lines is much more important here than at the pax carriers. In addition our reserve system, usually manned by the junior guys in MEM is much worse than the others (number of long call lines, R24 in HSTBY, short call out time, etc). All that being said it's still a great job here .
So the age is being raised on everything? You'll have to help me out there - no one has ever even proposed an age change to Medicare - Social Security age changes have moved very little. Doesn't mean they shouldn't but they haven't.