Originally Posted by sisyphos
I find it extremely short sighted to demand the retirement age to remain at 55.
I find it remarkable that you believe that is what is being demanded.
Sure, they can move the finish line if they want, but in a fair unbiased manner which suits all (well we know that will never happen, so lets say - suits most)
It is a long reaching change that affects many many aspects of our T+C and benefits.
Aside from the obvious ones such as promotion etc, there is..
Staff travel - Seniority
Basings
Rostering (Seniority based requests + Jokers)
C+T Positions
etc
It is in our contract that bypass pay shall be paid if folks extend. If they want to take that $ aspect out of the contract, there must be other benefits, or are you suggesting we just give it away like Murrays case?
Originally Posted by sisyphos
- expansion will dampen the effect of upgrade delays significantly
So what you are saying is that there WILL be an effect? What about the guy who just joined on Friday? Will the airline expand exponentially until the point that he gets his command? No? Then whatever changes to age 55 that occur must have conditions to reflect this otherwise he/she is getting screwed over.
Originally Posted by sisyphos
- cx is giving guys extensions anyway, but ONLY as long as it suits them ( rightly so)
And in some cases you have a 56 year old skipper with 15+ years in the LHS turning up for a flight earning not much more than the S/O. Only one winner in that game, which means all others are losers....
