Originally Posted by
Scoop
Denny,
Wisely said. There are a lot of inequities in this career - not much we can do about it. How about the poor guy who turned 60 a week before the age 65 was passed - he and all his peers were effectively boned. Just as the guys who turned 60 one week after the rule change effectively received a 5 year windfall. Fair - Hell no, but as a wise man once said, "...That's just the way it is."
Besides - did I just go through a warp in the space-time continuum? Whats all this North-South B.S.? Am I back in 2009? Look around guys, we all took it up the pooper (so to speak).
Scoop
I guess some of you guys just don't get it, this should be a 'no brainer'. We didn't get any of the NWA targeted pension $. This was an oversight that occurred during the PWA / merger saga. I can't believe you guys are saying we just have to "suck it up" and it's ok for a 2007 hire to get less DC contribution than a 2011 new hire. This was not done intentionally by ALPA but rather an oversight in the PWA. We were just kind of forgotten about.
It makes me realize how many of my brothers will vote a certain way (like sell out scope) and just say to the less fortunate junior guys - "suck it up, I've had to do it in my career too".
That my brothers is the philosophy that has tarnished this profession and made our union weak.