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Old 19th July 2004 | 16:42
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Scott Voigt
 
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From: Fort Worth ARTCC ZFW
Air No Services...

Part of the problem is that you wouldn't make it to retirement. Our mandatory retirement age for controllers is age 56. You can only retire if you have 20 years actively controlling traffic in a US FAA facility. We have been hiring some retired military controllers who sign up for a five year contract. They know when they come in that they are never going to get a full retirement out of it from the FAA. They can put back into a retirement fund, but it will not be fully funded when they finally leave. They do however get the military retirement while they are working...

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Scott
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