Originally Posted by
Bill Lumberg
A whale Capt telling a junior pilot what to do. This is a FIRST, right? The senior telling the junior to listen and shut your mouth....They know what is right.... I listened to the rantings of a whale Capt TELLING me what was THE priority for our upcoming contract: better medical insurance for the retiring guys. These are the guys that have the largest frozen pension, that were probably red book guys that had a faster progression in their career and may have been Captains on the whale for many years, and who took advantage of the age 60 rule while current pilots cannot. Quit complaining Carl, we don't feel sorry for you. Junior pilots like ACL need to educate you, you're not a widebody PIC on this board. Junior people who have been crapped on outnumber you senior guys.
Actually the number of DALN pilots with significant frozen pensions is quite small, however the number of pilots staying past 60 is bordering 75%, mainly because of our industry trailing, cobra priced retiree medical and staying until they can get medicare. So yes, it is your junior pilot @ss interest for them to get better medical and move on. Right now back of the napkin mean retirement is 62-63. I'm sure you don't mind delaying that upgrade another 3 years just so you can show those greedy senior guys.
