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Old 27th Nov 2008, 13:05
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Now the pilots' side of facts. Pilots at Air France retire at the age of 65 while pilots at KLM retire at the age of 56/58. The French retire with much lower pension premiums than their Dutch collegues.
Let me add one more fact: KLM pilots paid a high premium over lot's of years to acquire their pension.
Most people don't bother about their pension when they're young and sometimes complain about the premiums they have to pay. I'm very glad that there were some colleagues with a vision about 50 years ago, who developed this pension fund.
Nowadays it's one of the best in the world.

I did not strike as I feel recession requires strong standings and involvment from employees.
Bravo
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