Yep, Flew them there and at Henson.Dan, speaking of DHC-7's, weren't they flown by pilots on HAL seniority list?
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Yep, Flew them there and at Henson.Dan, speaking of DHC-7's, weren't they flown by pilots on HAL seniority list?
Well said. It's hard to believe that anyone could complain about a parent wanting to fly to age 65 because the retirement package they were promised got jerked out from under them after they paid all that money for their kid to learn to fly. If I was in my twenties and my Dad had just paid for my education and flight training and than lost his retirement, I would be hoping and praying he could have the chance to keep flying if he needed to. The sense of entitlement the original poster has is galling.
An RJ pilot worried about age 60?? Since when does a job at a regional airline entitle you to move on to a larger carrier? If your an RJ pilot you are NOT at an airline effected by the rule and it's none of your business what the pilots at an airline that is effected do. You are not entitled to a job at SWA, UAL, DAL, Fed EX, etc etc just because you work at a regional airline. You may or may not make it to a larger airline, you may or may not even pass the first interview IF you do get called for an interview, it's none of your business until you work for an airline that is effected.
What's next, student pilots telling their flight instructor he'll have to quit once the student gets his ratings because he is taking up the job he needs to build up his experience?
Please tell me, what fight did you put up to keep your retirement? Management took plays out of the Lorenzo manual and you "senior" pilots failed to walk the talk. Y'all beat your chest about how experienced and necessary you are to the survival of this business. Yet when challenged to maintain a modicum of respect for the profession, you folded and voted (read VOTE) in a concessionary contract whereby you agreed to gut your own QOL.
As seniro pilots, you failed to lead nd instead fell victim to scare tactics and lawyers swifter than your MECs. Take ownership of where you are and go after management, rather than your fellow aviators.
What he meant to say was....
Dan: career progression from a regional to a major is FAR more reasonable and customary (in today's way of thinking) than it is to correct a 40+ year rule that was wrong.
Making up facts? The original string was made up by someone that appeared to me to be a regional pilot wanting more jobs to open up for him. Again, that's pretty cocky thinking that what the pilots do at USAir, SWA, DAL, NWA etc is any of his/her concern. Just because someone is flying an RJ somewhere does not entitle them to fly for one of the carriers that proggresion would be slowed due to age 65.
I can't speak for any other airline, but my airline came out of a very challenging situation without "screwing the junior pilots" in fact. the retiremnt for people junior to me is argueably better than what I have. The senior folks kept the DB, the junior folks get a mix of both. Their DC is more secure than what I have and has the potential for greater gains.
Children who are pilots are mostly against changing the rule to the international age standard.
Whyme worry,
BTW, I don't work for CO, I'm guessing you do. You don't have a clue what our situation has been, so why would you be judging what we did?
I may not have all the insights that you do about your carrier's situation, but I certainly do have a clue. You don't have to be a genius to keep apprised of the goings-on at the various MECs in the airline business these days. .
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Ya' think he's ready to retire?
Since when does a job at a regional airline entitle you to move on to a larger carrier?
and it's none of your business
it's none of your business until you work for an airline that is effected.