I agree with the gentleman above who said that a lot of the increased use of sick bank by those nearing 60 is to use it up cause you cant take it with you. I think it would be smart of companies to pay you what your sick bank is worth when you retire cause if you didn't use it you saved the company a lot of money--it would give you a good incentive to not use it unless you were really sick.
I see lots of frivoulous sick bank use by Gen X co-pilots who make sure they don't carry any extra--I guess in some ways they are just responding to the incentives.
The "Boomer" pilots who you say are greedy and profited from age 60 were preceded by the generation of pilots who fought the rule for over 20 years. The gentleman above who said that the "impact " at FED EX would be blunted by their new aircraft deliveries--thats the key-far more upgrades come from expansion--the US airliner fleet is five times bigger than it was in 1978-most "Boomer" upgrades came from this expansion.
Airfogey
I see lots of frivoulous sick bank use by Gen X co-pilots who make sure they don't carry any extra--I guess in some ways they are just responding to the incentives.
The "Boomer" pilots who you say are greedy and profited from age 60 were preceded by the generation of pilots who fought the rule for over 20 years. The gentleman above who said that the "impact " at FED EX would be blunted by their new aircraft deliveries--thats the key-far more upgrades come from expansion--the US airliner fleet is five times bigger than it was in 1978-most "Boomer" upgrades came from this expansion.
Airfogey