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Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 796711)

Nope. That is where you send it. I would call em tomorrow AM and see what happened. Did it get paid on your end the month check in March?

Nope. I'll call them tomorrow. I'm at "the Happiest Place on Earth" with my wife and kids right now. Headed home tomorrow. Thanks buddy.

No problemo. Enjoy and get off of here. Glad they went with you. Seem to be doing that a lot lately....

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Originally Posted by buzzpat (Post 796710)

DBMS shows my medical updated. The reimbursement doesn't show anywhere in the pay statement however. When I faxed in the ticket I also faxed in the doctor's invoice. Should I send it somewhere else?

The reimbursement amount is fixed, so you don't need to fax in the invoice unless you have FAA (not AME) mandated additional testing. It shows up as a negative deduction in the far right column of the check, not in the left column showing payments.

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Originally Posted by buzzpat (Post 796708)

Sounds like you got a bad draw in the LCA poker game of life. Most guys don't/won't do that, especially if they know you are changing equipment and, in your case, company cultures. I've had a few guys like that but that is not the norm at the old/new Delta.

The guy was pretty cool actually, just had a lot to cover in a pretty short trip. I certainly wouldn't mind flying with him again.

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Originally Posted by acl65pilot (Post 796715)

No problemo. Enjoy and get off of here. Glad they went with you. Seem to be doing that a lot lately....

Over and out.

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Originally Posted by Pineapple Guy (Post 796309)

$49,000 (in 2010) per year, every year? Let's do some basic math. Assume that increases with the rate of inflation (at 3%) and you work a 30 year career and earn 8% on your money. That grows to $7.5m which then throws off an annual $543k for 30 years past retirement (invested at 6% in retirement). Discounting that to today's $$ yields $224k. So, you're saying you want more in retirement than a 777A Captain makes working today?

I've got no problem with that, if money grew on trees, and Santa Claus could deliver. In the real world, where trade-offs are made, I'll take a bit more DC but I want higher payrates first.

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I personally contribute 28% to my retirement each year - in order to hit the 415C (happens around sept) Then the contribution is automatically stopped and restarts automatically in January.

In my book, that IS a 28% pay raise.

And yes, I DO want to make more in retirement than a 777A makes today. Don't you?

Scambo

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Originally Posted by Denny Crane (Post 796671)

Ahhhhhh............the life of an airline pilot...........Paris, Tokyo, Saipan, and Guam all in the same month!! (I took a peek!) I just want to know what I'm going to do. My bids have not come out yet. But I am still hoping beyond hope that I can get one of those trips in the bid package! Are you gonna bid SEA on the next AE or wait and see what the trips are like? Those trips could possibly be coming here.........

Denny

Yikes, sorry, should have looked. Didn't occur to me that you wouldn't be done yet:confused:

Yeah, pays to be senior I guess.........I've been to AMS several times, but never Paris, should be fun. I've heard they are going to put some LCAs on the flights to make sure everything goes smoothly with us rookies. But, in the words of Mr T.........."I piddy da fool":D

I don't know what I want to do with the AE. Indecision is the key to flexibility:eek:. LAX is so close, but so many commuters between us guys, United guys and all the RJ kids. I was the #8 jumpseater on the early SWA flight last time I went over on my way to NRT. All off line with no way to check loads etc.......very outside my "rut". SEA would be much farther away, but fewer commuters I think. Plus, NWA had higher than normal nonrev priority on Alaska (a concession they gave us when we quit flying SEA to ANC and all our freight guys needed them for commuting).

Does anyone know if we still have priority nonrev on Alaska?

Ferd

On another subject............

Anyone know how many jets and crews we have "stuck" in Europe right now. Wish I was stuck in AMS heheheheheheheheh <-----dirty old man laugh

Ferd

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Originally Posted by scambo1 (Post 796726)

What you're actually hitting is the 402(g) individual contribution limit of $16,500. That's the total aggregate amount you can contribute to all employer qualified plans in which you participate. For you to hit the 415(c) limit your employer would have to contribute more than $32,500 and you would have to contribute $16,500 to a single plan.

I'd like to see more DC as well, but I'd rather see more pay first. 14% is well above average for any plan, much less airlines.

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Originally Posted by scambo1 (Post 796726)

The capt I just flew with is a legacy....his father retired in '81 or '84, the capt. got hired in '88. His retired father has made and will continue to make more than him throughout his current DAL career even after the bankruptcy and PBGC crappola!!
Ahhh the good ole days!
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