Originally Posted by
Aloha
And you are surprised by this? I think you will see this as the new standard. At SWA, our union said age 65, was "the right thing to do", and that most of the pilots benefiting from age 65 would leave at 62. It hasn't happend yet; don't expect anyone to leave before 65.
You can't trust your governement, or your union, to do the right thing.
-Aloha
So true!!!
Last week I flew with a 62 yr old Captain and we had a jumpseater who was 63...Guy just made it by 4 days
They had no plans on leaving anytime soon