Age 67
06-20-2023 | 03:34 AM
#351
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Please feel free to educate me.... and perhaps our negotiating committee. For they, in their ignorance, are persuing an accrual/bank type sick leave system. Just like our current one. You can hear it from Phil himself on the latest townhall. That's the way it is.
06-20-2023 | 04:57 AM
#352
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The problem you're going with this issue at this juncture is the average age of the pilot group is way down. Therefore everyone knows in your 20's your indestructible, 30's never get sick, 40's have the sniffles occasionally, then in the 50's/60's stuff goes wrong, even to the healthiest of individuals. Most of the time you can be fixable, occasionally not. This is the time to lock down amazing LTD / Sick leave benefits because it costs the company relatively less, in a couple more decades, it'll be much harder.
06-20-2023 | 05:07 AM
#353
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Delta has DPMA which basically pays two years at full pay when you go out long term. Whats our bank cap? A lot less than two years. Frustrating to see an obviously better system be hampered by "this is how we have always done it" or the robot Marvin's who have never gotten sick. After kids in daycare and a few surgeries my sick bank is toast but at least a handful of people who routinely pull 18 days off have a big bank.
06-20-2023 | 06:43 PM
#354
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Love seeing GK and his fellow self-serving boomers trying to rally the troops and his cause to make him another million dollars.
06-20-2023 | 07:06 PM
#355
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Delta has DPMA which basically pays two years at full pay when you go out long term. Whats our bank cap? A lot less than two years. Frustrating to see an obviously better system be hampered by "this is how we have always done it" or the robot Marvin's who have never gotten sick. After kids in daycare and a few surgeries my sick bank is toast but at least a handful of people who routinely pull 18 days off have a big bank.
06-21-2023 | 03:45 AM
#356
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Yeah, but broad is an understatement. If you could glean anything other than it will be better, I certainly missed it. Additionally, IIRC DPMP is an ALPA product. I don’t think that is something contractually negotiated, but maybe someone from Delta can expand on that.
06-21-2023 | 06:50 AM
#357
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DPMP is the Delta Pilots' Medical Plan, one of two contractual health plans, and is a PPO style plan.
No relation between the two, but I get the confusion. Delta loves their acronyms and decision trees.
06-21-2023 | 07:07 AM
#358
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If you're talking about DPMA, or Delta Pilots' Mutual Aid, that is an independent benefit association started when the earth was still cooling. It has nothing to do with ALPA, and is run by a unrelated set of trustees,
DPMP is the Delta Pilots' Medical Plan, one of two contractual health plans, and is a PPO style plan.
No relation between the two, but I get the confusion. Delta loves their acronyms and decision trees.
DPMP is the Delta Pilots' Medical Plan, one of two contractual health plans, and is a PPO style plan.
No relation between the two, but I get the confusion. Delta loves their acronyms and decision trees.
06-21-2023 | 11:03 AM
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It’s actually an independent non profit 501 (c) 9 VEBA, voluntary employees beneficiary association. It’s not associated with the company or ALPA, and your only opportunity to enroll is during your first X days of employment. (I think it’s 30 days or so)
06-24-2023 | 05:29 AM
#360
Ignoring; John Burke.
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From: 777 retired
Ooh, feeling ignored? Yeah, don’t ask embarrassing questions that counter the prevailing narrative , like age 68 in Japan , or the other 13 countries who have higher than 65 to no age limits for pilots; like Canada, Costa Rica, etc.
What kind of group think lemming are you?
What kind of group think lemming are you?
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