Hey T, it's not pretty with regard to medical insurance. Anytime before 62 you are stuck with the retirement plan policy or some other personal plan that you find yourself. Once you hit 62 you are on Medicare and whatever secondary insurance you find. I think the retirement plan insurance runs around $900/mo for you & the spouse with all the standard deductibles. There has been a tax credit for several years for folks like us that retired from a company that filed Ch 11 but that credit has fluctuated from year to year depending on congressional action. You can call the DALPA office and ask for retirement folks and they can give you better details.

Don't be a hater, if you bid back to NB FO, you could be senior too.

Thanks Uncle. :)

T, I've been retired since before roller bags and CRM, you can keep your insurance if you like your insurance [I heard that somewhere]. I just kept DPMP. As I said earlier, the plan's numbers are not terrific. You retire, you pay. I'm not sure what the reduced rate is, but it is considerable. I've had no problems with DAL and I've been sicker than a 9 month hooker. [ malaria, etc.] I pay [just myself] $220 a month for med. and dental, $2000 out of pocket, $250 deductible. I think it pays to look around, I'm just *******in' lazy.

Think the age is 65 unless your spouse is 65 then you can qualify on her/his age.

I wish the mods would learn how to spell ****'in'.

I might add an hour plus to that 13 hours. SEA-HKG is blocked at 14:14. 4 day trip total 27:13.

Denny

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You are correct. It is 65. I was thinking about SS. And the age of your spouse has nothing to do with Medicare, only SS.

If I'm reading your sitch correctly, you should get 1 or 2 payback days in your bank. Look on this month's or next month's time card. It will depend on when the release time is. If its after 2PM (I think) you should get 2 PB days because there are no partial days in the bank for the next month, only for the current month if there is room. If your current month GS went into next month where it violated a reserve off day (X or * it doesn't matter they are the same for this purpose) you should get payback day(s) added to your bank.

You can then use the day(s) to drop with pay any reserve day that is "in the blue" with coverage or to drop line holder days. If you camp on them they eventually become vacation days worth 3:15. Way better to cash them out in other ways, but its your choice.