ALPA Contract Comparison
08-23-2018, 01:33 PM
#42
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Joined APC: Feb 2008
Posts: 19,599
What I have always found odd is how health care is charged for by most companies. If you have a wife and 1 child you pay the same as another pilot with a wife and 10 kids. Always thought your cost should be based on the number of people you had enrolled in your family.
08-29-2018, 03:44 PM
#43
Line Holder
Joined APC: Jul 2007
Posts: 61
I’ve been on Tricare since hired here and always wondered why our insurance sucks so bad. Instead of kickbacks for not using our ****ty insurance, why don’t we make it so good that most would opt to use it. I’ve only kept drilling the last five years for medical coverage. I guarantee I’m not the only one, so another benefit would be less military pilots.
08-29-2018, 06:45 PM
#44
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Joined APC: Nov 2017
Position: NYC 7ERA
Posts: 2,057
I have four years between when I'm reserve retirement eligible, and I hit HYT for O-4.
Insurance is probably the only thing that may make staying past getting my 20 year letter make sense financially.
That's four years of no two weeks a year, no last minute mil leave because someone else got sick and couldn't go do some exercise, no full weekend off each month, etc.
Nevermind if I get mobilized again, to go do some pointless staff BS in AFG or Qatar again.
That's a full year they'd lose (and still have to pay 401k / PS on )
Insurance is probably the only thing that may make staying past getting my 20 year letter make sense financially.
That's four years of no two weeks a year, no last minute mil leave because someone else got sick and couldn't go do some exercise, no full weekend off each month, etc.
Nevermind if I get mobilized again, to go do some pointless staff BS in AFG or Qatar again.
That's a full year they'd lose (and still have to pay 401k / PS on )
08-30-2018, 02:32 AM
#45
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Joined APC: Sep 2014
Posts: 4,994
Unlike 401K payments, military leave does not increase the company's profit sharing cost. Profit sharing is a fixed amount based on calculations in the PWA. The portion of payments to military members that are based on deemed earnings simply reduce the profit sharing non-military members receive via a smaller percentage of eligible earnings.
08-31-2018, 07:55 AM
#46
Line Holder
Joined APC: Jul 2007
Posts: 61
I have four years between when I'm reserve retirement eligible, and I hit HYT for O-4.
Insurance is probably the only thing that may make staying past getting my 20 year letter make sense financially.
That's four years of no two weeks a year, no last minute mil leave because someone else got sick and couldn't go do some exercise, no full weekend off each month, etc.
Nevermind if I get mobilized again, to go do some pointless staff BS in AFG or Qatar again.
That's a full year they'd lose (and still have to pay 401k / PS on )
Insurance is probably the only thing that may make staying past getting my 20 year letter make sense financially.
That's four years of no two weeks a year, no last minute mil leave because someone else got sick and couldn't go do some exercise, no full weekend off each month, etc.
Nevermind if I get mobilized again, to go do some pointless staff BS in AFG or Qatar again.
That's a full year they'd lose (and still have to pay 401k / PS on )
09-02-2018, 08:37 AM
#48
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Joined APC: Sep 2011
Posts: 4,812
I've always felt as a Military Retiree that uses Tricare only, that the company gets away scot free on healthcare. IMO, they should vastly improve EVERYONE's insurance (y'all are getting the shaft), but also give a Tricare Supplement to Mil folks for free. The one the company offers is nearly as expensive annually as the Tricare catastrophic cap. Makes no financial sense.
09-02-2018, 09:00 AM
#49
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Joined APC: Sep 2014
Posts: 861
I've always felt as a Military Retiree that uses Tricare only, that the company gets away scot free on healthcare. IMO, they should vastly improve EVERYONE's insurance (y'all are getting the shaft), but also give a Tricare Supplement to Mil folks for free. The one the company offers is nearly as expensive annually as the Tricare catastrophic cap. Makes no financial sense.
09-02-2018, 10:03 AM
#50
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Joined APC: Dec 2016
Posts: 1,588
I've always felt as a Military Retiree that uses Tricare only, that the company gets away scot free on healthcare. IMO, they should vastly improve EVERYONE's insurance (y'all are getting the shaft), but also give a Tricare Supplement to Mil folks for free. The one the company offers is nearly as expensive annually as the Tricare catastrophic cap. Makes no financial sense.
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