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Originally Posted by iahflyr
Straight DOH . . . . It's simple, easy, and it makes sense.
As a retiree, implementation of DOH favors me since I hired on at UAL in 1965. But that really isn't fair. Total longevity is what I think is fair. How many years did one work at the company (UAL and/or CAL combined), either in total prior to retirement or what's been accrued for an active employee up to that point in time should, IMO, be the criteria.
I have 38 total years of service at UAL. DOH as I see it would cause me to "accure" extra service credit after I retired and that would not be proper. I retired 7 years ago - no way should I have 45 years of longevity.
Under no circumstances do I think it appropriate for active employees ahead of retirees solely on that basis. Pass privileges is a method to acknowledge the contributions made to the carrier(s) during one's career, even it the real value is worth far less than it used to be due to load factors so industry wide high.
For the record, I have used my travel passes exactly once since retirement.