darkman and djeskine...
you should advance and that's fine. but everyone promised a pension should get the whole thing...you see we can't go back in time and fix things retroactively. so, in your next contract say to your union: we will take a pay cut to make sure the people set to retire get their full pension. of course that would also work for YOU when you reach retirement age.
prior to 911, my airline would have paid me 132k a year in retirement...that's right...retirement at age 60. now, its pennies on the dollar...most of you guys know the deal so I won't repeat it.
put your money where your mouth is young guys. I'd say 2 out of 10 ''young guys'' that I flew with were worth their salt in the cockpit. the flight attendants thought the same thing in other departments!