Klako
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pipe said:I'm sure those were the same things you were saying about the 60yr olds who retired to trigger your upgrade class.
I can hear you now on the first day of class: " Hi, I'm Klako and I just want everyone to know I'm really uncomfortable with this. All of us in this room are stealing from a bunch of 60 year olds today. Congress must STOP THIS MADNESS NOW! By the way, does anyone have the name and address of our senator? When I write them to try to bring those guys back I also want to mention the tax rate. I already computed my new tax rate on Captain pay and this is bull$hit".
I can honestly say that I have always been in favor of abolishing the age 60 rule. I fly for the best regional airline in the USA. I chose my company over a major airline for many reasons, most important was the fact that the company had a very successful Part 135 operation allowing me to fly until I was 65. Then in 1995 the FAA forced us to convert to Part 121.
When I hired on with my company, about 90% of the pilots senior to me were younger than I was. I upgraded not out of the forced retirement of those senior to me but through expansion. I still bid below the middle of the captains for my equipment.
It is a disgusting situation when a labor unions such as ALPA and APA could dictate to the rest of the United States airline industry when all airline pilots must retire. The crybabies at ALPA and APA who fear the loss of their precious “Age 60 Rule”, most of them make more than I do as a 17 year captain at my company. Our union does not support the age 60 rule and never will