Originally Posted by
MarkerInbound
At a prior job many of the FEs were pilots who had reached 60 years of age. We called it our retirement program to move back to the FE seat.
MI,
Yep, we had that too but I don't know how many actually did it...and it was a source of friction and ill will from the sub-60 guys who wanted higher paid spots like the L-1011 F/E. The ROPEs (retired old pilot engineers) bid with their original seniority (having bid back to F/E just before hitting age 60 vs officially "retiring"...and then coming to the F/E seat), IIUC, and went right to the top of the category.
Some people were not amused. I didn't care since a F/E slot was the last thing I wanted.