1261 days to go!

[jonjuan]

One wife

for now......

 

[GuppyWN]

for now......

Isn't that the truth! I'm pushing 20 years with her and she's still hot as brimstone so I think I'm safe.

Pardon me.. but it's now

982 days

Gup

 

[ABUSED PILOT]

Have you ever read any of my musings on this topic?

Son, I fly for money. Not for fun. The sooner I make it the sooner I'm outta here. One wife and a reasonable mortage. I'll leave bag dragging at 70 to you.

The only reason I might stay is to give all my flying away and pick up sequences with you.

Gup

Dad.

I'am sorry you dont have fun at work. But I really like flying around the world and making good money.If I make it to 60 I will try and retire. Thats been my goal,34 years should be enough. 11 years to go, wish me luck.

Your son

 

[The Prussian]

...and eat crow...

 

[Quimby]

9 8 1
:smash:

 

[GuppyWN]

Dad.

I'am sorry you dont have fun at work. But I really like flying around the world and making good money.If I make it to 60 I will try and retire. Thats been my goal,34 years should be enough. 11 years to go, wish me luck.

Your son

Nice. Bust my chops and then say you'll "try" to leave at 60.

Class act,
Gup

 

[dh82dvr]

someone makes good money doing this??!!!

 

[GuppyWN]

980

Gup

 

[Whataburger]

979!!

 

[ABUSED PILOT]

Tell us now. If you make enough money. If all the geezers get out of the way. If you stay married. And pay off the house. And pay for 8 years of college for 3 kids. You will quit at 60. That's why I said I will try and retire. You have 240 captains over 60 at SW who have been making very good money for a long time. Some of us have not been so lucky.

Class Act

 

[GuppyWN]

We think alike so you don't have to be a tool.

Let's you and I keep our house in order and get out of the way (on time at 60) so the next generation can recoop some of their loss!

Gup

BTW Burger my bro - it's still 980

Gup

 

[GuppyWN]

979

Gup

 

[Whataburger]

Gup

BTW Burger my bro - it's still 980

Gup

You're right. However your orginal 980 post was 6 minutes early. That lead me to an early 979.

 

[ABUSED PILOT]

We think alike so you don't have to be a tool.

Let's you and I keep our house in order and get out of the way (on time at 60) so the next generation can recoop some of their loss!

Gup

BTW Burger my bro - it's still 980

Gup

No we are not alike. I don't call people names that I disagree with.
And by the way. Who do you think? Cares with you think.

 

[GuppyWN]

978

Gup

 

[ABUSED PILOT]

To be honest with you - I doubt I will retire at 60

My second choice was to let everyone in the game when the rule passed retire at 60 and all the young 'uns that started afterwards to retire at 65.

My first choice was to keep status quo.

Gup

Class　Act

 

[GuppyWN]

Thanks.

I don't know how far back you dug to find that little gem but I still feel the same way. I didn't want the rule to change. It did nothing but take money out of my pocket and I fly airplanes for money! Every FO that I fly with had his pocket picked too!

Everybody on property when the rule changed should have been grandfathered to retire at 60. Kind of like a stupid tax. I wonder how hard ALPA and SWAPA would have pushed for it then.

Gup

 

[Quimby]

Ring, Ring

It's 9 7 7 calling.

 

[wscrj]

Better yet...975 days 23 hours 13 minutes

 

[beagle pilot]

Everybody on property when the rule changed should have been grandfathered to retire at 60. Kind of like a stupid tax. I wonder how hard ALPA and SWAPA would have pushed for it then.

Gup

Your understanding of the issue is flawed. The FAA was going to pass Age 65 to be inline with ICAO whether any unions participated in the process or not. While I do not know about SWAPA, I know ALPA chose to actively participate in the process in order to mitigate its effects on the membership. It wasn't a popular choice, but it was much better than another union's choice to sit outside and toss rocks with ZERO input into the process.

http://wearealpa.org/Govt/From the Hill February 2008.pdf

Why pilots continue to blame their own unions for this action when it was our own government which pushed it is beyond me.