Originally Posted by The Juice

And it is essentially only for CAs. To qualify to buy up to 100% coverage, you have to have made over 100k in a calendar year and have the W2 to show for it.

I emailed HR a few months back and they told me I would not be eligible until I have that W2 with the 100k on it.

It truly is worthless that it is only an option for half of our pilots

Originally Posted by JoeyMeatballs

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Originally Posted by The Juice


And it is essentially only for CAs. To qualify to buy up to 100% coverage, you have to have made over 100k in a calendar year and have the W2 to show for it.

I emailed HR a few months back and they told me I would not be eligible until I have that W2 with the 100k on it.

It truly is worthless that it is only an option for half of our pilots




Pretty crappy we have to ***** ourselves out to make 100k as F/Os, lol

Originally Posted by Qotsaautopilot

Ltd should go to age 65 if you cannot get a first class medical not defined by the social security definition of disabled. This is a deal breaker. There is too much career earnings riding on our medicals to have ltd stop after two years

Originally Posted by ShopVac

It's good to see some optimism from us about the contract. Who else thinks that we can get increases in all sections?

Originally Posted by gringo

That's a big fat negative Ghostrider, I'm not trying to "justify" anything.

There was a post stating that it was "disgusting" that we don't offer benefits from Day One as if we were the ONLY carrier to be in that position.

Apparently, however, we are not; aside apparently from Delta and United, it appears in fact to actually BE industry standard not to offer benefits from Day One.

So the entire "disgusting" comment was out of whack; more like "unfortunate".

Yes, it is unfortunate that we don't offer full bennies from Day One. We have an opportunity to address that shortly.

But is it "disgusting" that we don't offer bennies from D1? I think that's a bit of a stretch.

I paid my dues long before I got here. Trust me; there's few things I hate more than guys saying "well, first year sucks because you haven't paid your dues yet." Bullshiite. I've more than paid my dues. As has every single new hire walking through these doors (I'm not counting the Riddle kids. That's a different thread altogether. Sharp kids, but they haven't seen shiite yet.) And I'm not settling for a sub-standard contract when the time comes. I've learned many painful lessons along the way to get here.

But the fact of the matter is that a 90 day waiting period is in fact industry standard.

We will shortly have an opportunity to change that; we can be one of the few destination carriers to offer full bennies from D1.

Let's make it happen.

Murica!

Also, Happy Birthday Jesus!

Originally Posted by flyingpuma1

Absolutely, people who aren't concerned about this are the ones who have never needed it.

Originally Posted by Cruise

Yes! Our disability is not excellent...not terrible either...but plenty of room for improvement.

Originally Posted by ManFlex

Does our LTD continue to pay to 65 if we are 'SSI Disabled'?

Originally Posted by Cruise

I added the Bold above.....fair enough, disgusting was a bit harsh and perhaps not the correct word choice. So I'll go with your 'unfortunate' situation instead. Regardless, waiting 90 days is far too long. It shouldn't be any longer than by the end of the month you were hired....or 30 days worst-case-senario.