New Pass Travel System
03-02-2012 | 09:08 AM
#11
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From: Capt. B737
I've traveled the world enough as an active employee.
I'm not maxing out my 401(k) and Roth so that I can have free travel when I retire. In fact, travel benefits are not even on the radar.
Personally, and everyone's goal is different, I would like to someday own a Porsche so that when I retire I can "fly" down my local roads.
I'm not maxing out my 401(k) and Roth so that I can have free travel when I retire. In fact, travel benefits are not even on the radar.
Personally, and everyone's goal is different, I would like to someday own a Porsche so that when I retire I can "fly" down my local roads.
03-02-2012 | 09:45 PM
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From: A-320 Capt
Why don't you use your retirement to BUY a ticket? Staying at a job until you're on the verge of death in order to keep standby travel privileges seems foolish to me.
Long lifelines in my family so I should be pretty good shape at 65. Of course, I'll be flying the Airbus, drop as many trips as I can, and maybe when I get ragged by some snot nosed flight manager, I'll just ******in' say "I quit. Today. Right now! You got a flight to cover. C-ya!"
See, I would quit today except I haven't finished taking everything I can from this company while giving back as little as possible. Kinda like they've been treating me for the last 25 years.
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03-02-2012 | 09:47 PM
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From: A-320 Capt
A study was done on the actual Non-Rev travel that retirees do and not as much as you would think. ( The joint CAL/UAL pass committee did the study ) It was designed to be a smack in the face of UAL retirees. I'd guess you would be in favor of pilot and F/A commuters having a higher priority when commuting to work - A very bad Idea!
Can you find/name any other industry in which retired employees receive better benefits than active employees?
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03-02-2012 | 11:05 PM
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8 free
I checked with a friend of mine who works in ORD, and she said that retirees will still get those 8 free passes per year. These are fee waived as well as a higher priority than someone not using those 8 freebies.
03-03-2012 | 03:31 AM
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Arguably, one of our most pressing problems systemically regardless the scale.
03-03-2012 | 05:38 AM
#18
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From: 737 CAPT
Yes, that is true. That was announced last year when the new travel program was outlined. Those passes, when used strategically, will give them super-seniority boarding priority. They won't retain that priority for all their travel, but for trips that are really important and desired it certainly will give a leg up even over active employees who use vacation passes.
03-03-2012 | 06:50 AM
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Hey Rush, thanks for painting the rest of us with such a broad brush!
I guess that since I didn't serve I'm just a low life, sucking off the government teat. Along with everyone in my family, almost every one of my high school and college buds, almost every pilot I flew with at two different commuters, their families etc and a huge chunk of the American population that goes to work and pays their taxes.
03-03-2012 | 06:55 AM
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Yes, that is true. That was announced last year when the new travel program was outlined. Those passes, when used strategically, will give them super-seniority boarding priority. They won't retain that priority for all their travel, but for trips that are really important and desired it certainly will give a leg up even over active employees who use vacation passes.
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