Originally Posted by
3Greens
something doesn’t add up here Noel. If he retired at that stupid age 55, then he retired pre 2006. At the time in BA long haul commands were sitting around the 15 years service mark, if he’d done 19 years then he’d have been reasonably ok lifestyle wise even in the LHS of a BA777. Not many people at all pre 2006 retired as an FO by choice at 55 in BA purely because it had an enormous impact on the NAPS final salary pension (best 2 of last 5 years service). Very very unusual for the time to retire as an FO by choice.
He must have been an exceptional pilot to get a direct entry command after retiring from BA too, seeing as he didn’t have any previous airline command time it seems. Not many people get that kind of opportunity.
being forced to retire at 55 wouldnt he/she (probably he) have been on APS. Not NAPS.
And those of us who had the delight of seeing a dummy spit out of the pram have had the joy of Noel’s spat on the other forum on Wayne’s crusade. (Me me me me me)
and I’ll pin my colours to the mast. I’ve worked for both. A seniority based airline and a non seniority based one. In the seniority based airline I’ve had the best t’s and C’s I’ve ever had or will have and in the non seniority based airlines I’ve seen the idiots skulk from one job to another with zero consequences. “I’ve screwed up I’ll bail out with my 4 stripes to another airline and no questions asked”. Seniority based system has better t’s and C’s and you can’t hide the idiots.