Over 60s Package Rumour

[Pickuptruck]

Originally Posted by Globocnik

Thank you. Happy to stand corrected. Cheers

Nothing to do with a flood of guys about a decade ago all dropping out due medical at exactly age 60 to pick up 5 yrs paid holidays before proper retirement at age 65? Noooooo, of course not.

[MENELAUS]

Originally Posted by Pickuptruck

Nothing to do with a flood of guys about a decade ago all dropping out due medical at exactly age 60 to pick up 5 yrs paid holidays before proper retirement at age 65? Noooooo, of course not.

Hmm. Not sure about 5 years. Is the payout not 24 months ? . The AOA scheme sold out the older guys some time back, thereby preventing people from paying to increase their own cover. And the majority of the demographic of people claiming ( which led
to the insurers not wanting the business) was not at the upper end of the age scale as I understand it.
No one is advocating claiming it unfairly. Just trying to clarify what the rules actually say. As it’s far from clear.

[deja vu]

Originally Posted by Oasis

I remember A scalers, some would carry a little picture book with them in their flight bag, displaying all the toys they had; sports cars, aeroplanes etc. (this was before smartphones) They would whip it out at any opportune moment.
All very fascinating to a B scaler(, and now it makes me wonder if the B scalers are doing it to the LEP's? )

When I think of them, I don't get the feeling they were not fairly renumerated....

You are right of course.
I like to think of them as A graders and they were adequately rewarded until ....well, a new grade of applicants arrived, these new applicants also got what they deserved.

[ACMS]

See that’s the problem right there........I’m not an A scaler but I don’t begrudge them their income for one second......They joined at the right time and we didn’t........get a life and stop being so bitter and twisted......remove that chip on your shoulder and stand up.

[Jn14:6]

LoL definitely 24 months, not 60 months.

[Oasis]

Originally Posted by ACMS

See that’s the problem right there........I’m not an A scaler but I don’t begrudge them their income for one second......They joined at the right time and we didn’t........get a life and stop being so bitter and twisted......remove that chip on your shoulder and stand up.

And I never begrudged them either, good on them. I was responding to an earlier post that said that a-scalers were not fairly compensated.

[spleener]

Originally Posted by Oasis

And I never begrudged them either, good on them. I was responding to an earlier post that said that a-scalers were not fairly compensated.

"I remember A scalers, some would carry a little picture book with them in their flight bag, displaying all the toys they had; sports cars, aeroplanes etc. (this was before smartphones) They would whip it out at any opportune moment.
All very fascinating to a B scaler(, and now it makes me wonder if the B scalers are doing it to the LEP's? )"

Err yeah. A very small minority 'A scalers' carried a picture book in my experience. Same as now, a very small minority of B,C,D etc are tossers. Anyway, last A scale salary was paid in 1999, over two decades ago: before some crew were born..... let it go.