NWA Position Update

[NuGuy]

Attention noobs! Mr. Glass-Half-Empty is a good guy...he's just cranky right now. Wait 'til Mr. Glass-Half-Full buys him lunch at NATCO next month. Everybody feels better after a free lunch!

It's not that I'm a glass half empty kind of guy. Rather, I want to know who the fkuc stole half outta my glass!


Nu

 

[Occam's Razor]

It's not that I'm a glass half empty kind of guy. Rather, I want to know who the fkuc stole half outta my glass!


Nu

Good one!
:beer:

(His name was "Gropper")

 

[Occam's Razor]

Excess plan lump sum @ 60 = 129k
excess plan lump sum @ 65 = 115k

You think they will leave for a lump sum difference of 2-4 thousand annually when they can make 2-3 grand more each month?

For many...yup.

The key here is the verb. "Make" involves dragging your aging carcass out of the rack at 0500 for the commute to your 13-day Pacific funfest.

That flying makes 40-year olds age like the picture of Dorian Gray. Seen any of the "In Memoriam" notices for the ROPE's doing that stuff now?

There will be a few hardy mooks who'll hang on, but I think the impact will be less than we think.

 

[nwaredtail]

For many...yup.

The key here is the verb. "Make" involves dragging your aging carcass out of the rack at 0500 for the commute to your 13-day Pacific funfest.

That flying makes 40-year olds age like the picture of Dorian Gray. Seen any of the "In Memoriam" notices for the ROPE's doing that stuff now?

There will be a few hardy mooks who'll hang on, but I think the impact will be less than we think.

I hope so.

 

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Excess plan lump sum @ 60 = 129k
excess plan lump sum @ 65 = 115k

You think they will leave for a lump sum difference of 2-4 thousand annually when they can make 2-3 grand more each month?

Don't think so.

Actually, the difference is quite significant if you look at the time value of money. Retiring today and getting $129k in todays dollars vs retiring in 5 years and recieving $115k in Future Value. Assuming a 7% interest rate, that $115 is equal to approximately $82k in todays value. That is significant.

 

[donvag]

Can someone already in NW explain how international trips work for you guys. I know you guys fly some routes out of NRT to other parts of Asia. My questions is how do those trips start for you guys? Are they 4 day trips? Do you guys fly from lets say DTW to NRT and then a Manila turn and then back to DTW 2 days later? Any explanations would be very helpful.

 

[NuGuy]

Can someone already in NW explain how international trips work for you guys. I know you guys fly some routes out of NRT to other parts of Asia. My questions is how do those trips start for you guys? Are they 4 day trips? Do you guys fly from lets say DTW to NRT and then a Manila turn and then back to DTW 2 days later? Any explanations would be very helpful.

Heyas Don,

Most of the Pacific stuff involves long trips, say 10-12 days.

First day, you fly out to NRT, then you do inter-pacific stuff for 8-10 days, then fly back the last day.

Nu

 

[YourPilotFriend]

For many...yup.

The key here is the verb. "Make" involves dragging your aging carcass out of the rack at 0500 for the commute to your 13-day Pacific funfest.

That flying makes 40-year olds age like the picture of Dorian Gray. Seen any of the "In Memoriam" notices for the ROPE's doing that stuff now?

There will be a few hardy mooks who'll hang on, but I think the impact will be less than we think.

I agree with Occam here. Also, NWA is not going to displace the whole airline to accommodate the ropes. It's much cheaper to throw them all on the 400 and give them crap ass schedules. At that point their difference in pay between staying and retiring is negligible.

 

[Superpilot92]

TTT bump