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02-01-2022, 08:31 PM
#54
In a land of unicorns
Joined APC: Apr 2014
Position: Whale FO
Posts: 6,585
02-01-2022, 08:43 PM
#55
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Oct 2017
Posts: 3,220
I wondered that at first, but then thought it could of been a COVID retirement package. Not sure specifically about Southwest. But I do know at other majors it was some pretty sweet deal to retire early.
02-01-2022, 08:46 PM
#56
In a land of unicorns
Joined APC: Apr 2014
Position: Whale FO
Posts: 6,585
But they could have just stayed where they were, get paid more, with better work rules. Just does not compute.
02-02-2022, 05:10 AM
#57
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Mar 2006
Position: guppy CA
Posts: 5,171
Delta 58 hrs/mo for 3 yrs or until 65.
Don't know about American.
Might want to don your green eyeshade and run those numbers through your abacus.
02-02-2022, 07:36 AM
#58
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Jan 2022
Posts: 156
It's not too complicated. They probably got sick of working the line where they were. Saw that they could do day trips and come home every night and be at the top of the seniority list of potentially something big. Now pay is like 210 an hour too.
02-02-2022, 08:49 AM
#59
Line Holder
Joined APC: Oct 2021
Position: CA, A320 family
Posts: 36
Years ago, I met a Rosenbaum DC-8 captain who took early retirement from TWA. He was a 747 captain, and he said "they all laughed at me when I took the deal, none of them are laughing now!" More recently, we had a guy at Spirit who took early retirement at Delta. He upgraded, and has since hit 65 and retired again.
02-02-2022, 05:08 PM
#60
Line Holder
Joined APC: Apr 2012
Posts: 39
Fall of 2020, Covid scare at a peak and no vaccine in sight... Furlough talk, so a younger pilot with kids doesn't get furloughed...reasons may look poor in retrospect...but once you give up your seat, like musical chairs, you can't go back. ..so DEC at Avelo looks great and beats a lot of the options.
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