A757 says: "I don't quite follow what you are saying here. Do you actually think the company or a DEC cares if you "support" this round of DECs. Exactly who do you think you are?"
I know who I am. Who do you think I am? I am a pilot who supports the asperations of any pilot who wants to come to work for EK as an F/O. I will work with said pilot and help them in any way I can---just as others have helped me throughout my entire career. I cannot, nor will I support or help any person who pursues a job as a D.E.C. at the expense of a currently qualified F/O and effectively delays or helps to deny that F/O the left seat. I very much doubt the company gives a rip about what I think as they have not asked my opinion in the matter. Do you know anyone on the line here that the company has sought out their opinion? Have they asked yours? Please don't try to read more into my statements than is intended. I'm simply saying that D.E.C.s, sought under the current hiring drive, are not justified and will not find favor among the pilots already on the list here at EK. They will certainly NOT be on my list of drinking buddies!!!
And don, neigh,neigh,neigh, my name is not Mr. Ed
INAX writes"I believe you may be very mistaken. There are probably close to 1000 early retired wide-body captains at Delta that have retired in the last 18 months"
The number that have taken early retirement in the last 18 months and are UNDER 56 YEARS OLD is around 150 total give or take a few. (The max age for entry as a D.E.C. is 55 at EK) Of those, I very much doubt more than 5 or 10 would make the move here. This is just my opinion. Under the current bankruptcy laws in the states, when a company is operating under chapter 11 protection, the retirement assets are frozen and can only be released if the judge overseeing said bankruptcy approves. I doubt very much any judge will allow pensions to be paid out until an agreement has been reached between DL and its pilots or the company emerges from chapter 11. ( or the judge could allow DL to cancel its working agreement) As a result, I think guys would be reluctant to leave until they know what is going to happen to the DL pension. This being the case, I doubt the package here--even an "enhanced" one as is rumoured--would cause guys to leave the majors in the states en mass. I think our recruitment department has their work cut out for them.
Good luck to us all.
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P.S. This thread was orginally about profit share--sorry to deflect its intent to this degree. ( I'm counting on at least 16 weeks----it'll take at least that to pay off my credit card debt.)