747hogg From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (5 years 8 months 4 hours ago) and read 6624 times:
I wonder if this wonderful loyal NWA employee had to come home to a gutted nest egg and plans on getting in the unemployment line Monday morning along with the crack heads and whores. A guy like this deserves better! He earned every cent of his 401 k and pension, but will most likely end up a produce manager in some store to feed his family.
Ejmmsu From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 8, posted (5 years 8 months 3 hours ago) and read 6403 times:
Quoting Piercey (Reply 7): uhh... you do know who NWAs CEO is right, the second coming of Lorenzo and Icham?
Well, if Steenland is Lorenzo and Ichan, then the managment at US, UA, and DL must be the second coming of lucifer.. at least Steenland is letting these hard working people keep their much-deserved and planned for retirment stipends.
KingAir200 From United States of America, joined May 2006, 1513 posts, RR: 2 Reply 9, posted (5 years 8 months 3 hours ago) and read 6391 times:
He retired as a '67 hire and on the 400. Unless he's got multiple kids in college or a disproportionately young family, he's probably fine. He could most likely hold the FE on the 747-200 in ANC if he really wanted.
Crjonbeez From United States of America, joined Nov 2004, 317 posts, RR: 4 Reply 10, posted (5 years 8 months 3 hours ago) and read 6391 times:
Quoting 747hogg (Reply 2): I wonder if this wonderful loyal NWA employee had to come home to a gutted nest egg and plans on getting in the unemployment line Monday morning along with the crack heads and whores. A guy like this deserves better! He earned every cent of his 401 k and pension, but will most likely end up a produce manager in some store to feed his family.
aren't you a big bag of sunshine? calm down. it's unfortunate what NW has had to do, but all you do is depress people talking like that. everybody is a critic until they're put in the hot seat and must make similar decisions. instead of speaking poorly of NWA, you could congratulate a man on a successful career.
DeltaGuy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 11, posted (5 years 8 months 3 hours ago) and read 6391 times:
Quoting Ejmmsu (Reply 6): I am almost certain that NW people are NOT losing their pensions, unlike those at UA, US, and DL and their crooks for management.
Only the pilots at DL are losing their pensions. Everyone else's is still intact. Get your facts right next time.
Okie73 From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 423 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (5 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 6088 times:
Quoting DeltaGuy (Reply 11): Only the pilots at DL are losing their pensions. Everyone else's is still intact.
get your facts straight. United and USAir pilots have already lost thier pensions.
Cobra27 From Slovenia, joined exactly 11 years ago today! , 934 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (5 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 6077 times:
Quoting 747hogg (Reply 2): but will most likely end up a produce manager in some store to feed his family.
Since he was a captain on 747-400, I don't think he will have any problems feeding his family in a financial point of view.
JetBlueGuy2006 From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 1525 posts, RR: 2 Reply 15, posted (5 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 5967 times:
Quoting Crjonbeez (Reply 10): aren't you a big bag of sunshine? calm down. it's unfortunate what NW has had to do, but all you do is depress people talking like that. everybody is a critic until they're put in the hot seat and must make similar decisions. instead of speaking poorly of NWA, you could congratulate a man on a successful career.
just a thought...
Excellent thought. Just what I was thinking.
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Kaukau From United States of America, joined Sep 2006, 106 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (5 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 5735 times:
Here in Hawaii, a few years back, I recall hearing on the news, that a resident pilot, making his FINAL approach into HNL before his retirement, flew his aircraft right through downtown Waikiki - this is before 9/11 - much to the astonishment of pax and hotel guests, who swore the plane flew right by their hotel lanai, and that they could see the wide-eyed gaping faces of the pax in the windows! He got off, the plane, said he always wanted to do that, his whole career, and retired. He was given a warning not to deviate from his flight path again, or something like that, and laughed all the way into the sunset. True story. Aloha!!!
DeltaGuy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 18, posted (5 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 5665 times:
You say:
Quoting Ejmmsu (Reply 6): I am almost certain that NW people are NOT losing their pensions, unlike those at UA, US, and DL and their crooks for management.
"almost certain that NW people, People, PEOPLE are not losing their pensions."
You say this thread is about pilots, yet you decided to bring in everyone else. Had you been referring only to pilots, maybe you should have said, "I am almost certain that NW PILOTS are not losing their pensions."
But, since you want to refer to everyone else, at least DL's groundcrews weren't sold down the river by unions and management, like Northwest's, and given the option to leave or start at $7 hr for Mesaba, Pinnacle, and whoever else will run their outstations.
Revelation From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 8071 posts, RR: 13 Reply 19, posted (5 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 5654 times:
Just think, he could have spent his whole career flying DC-9s if he wanted to!
747LUVR From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 390 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (5 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 5654 times:
Congrats to the Captain for all his years of (assuming) safe flying! Almost unheard of someone having 39 years of employment at one company these days....hear hear!
KingAir200 From United States of America, joined May 2006, 1513 posts, RR: 2 Reply 21, posted (5 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 5533 times:
Quoting Revelation (Reply 19): Just think, he could have spent his whole career flying DC-9s if he wanted to!
Positiverate From United States of America, joined May 2005, 1590 posts, RR: 10 Reply 23, posted (5 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 5392 times:
Quoting Revelation (Reply 19): Just think, he could have spent his whole career flying DC-9s if he wanted to!
That is pretty funny...a new spin on the NWA DC-9 threads!
Ejmmsu From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 24, posted (5 years 7 months 4 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 5369 times:
Quoting DeltaGuy (Reply 18):
You say this thread is about pilots, yet you decided to bring in everyone else. Had you been referring only to pilots, maybe you should have said, "I am almost certain that NW PILOTS are not losing their pensions."
Alright.. so I made a mistake in semantics that could cause someone to mis-interpret what I was saying. However, this thread is about pilots, and I was referring to pilots when I said "people"
Other than badgering me about semantics (which really has nothing to do with the general point I was making in the first place), do you have anything worthwhile to say about the situation?
25 B52murph: Reminds me once again (IMHO) that the arbitrary FAA retirement age of 60 is dated and no longer really makes sense. As long as an aircrew member can p
27 Lostmoon744: OH man! Awesome news! I remember Cpt. Jenkins when I visited him on the flight deck from MNL to NRT years ago when I was a teenager and he showed me t
28 PIA777: I have said this before. 60 is way too young for retirement. They should change it to 65. He still looks very young. PIA777
29 AndrewUber: Way to rain on someone's parade. Leave it to someone like you to drag union rhetoric into a friendly retirement thread. Oh and speaking of unions and
30 Ahdharia: THANK YOU! I am extremely tired of everyone on here just taking any chance they to take shots at NWA and NWA Management. This post was about a man wh
31 Peteg913: I'm not sure how effective the 60 year old limit rule is.
32 DeltaGuy: Nah, not really, thats about it. You say that as if he was the only one doing so? And why fight Congress? They weren't trying to make companies elimi
33 NWOrientDC10: Wow! Congratulations to Captain Jenkins. Having been hired in 1967, he has witnessed many things in commercial aviation; the introduction of widebody
34 Wing: The mandatory retirement age is 63 in our country,Ýnfact my father who is an MD88 captain has just reached his 63'rd.He will be preparing for his re
35 Lightsaber: That is way too funny! I agree that the age should be slowly rolled upwards. Immediately increase the age to 62 and wait to see what the statistics s
36 AirWillie6475: The old farts have had their fun let the younger guys struggling in the barbie jets have theirs.
37 Burnsie28: Well yeah, my father is 48 and hes a little under halfway on the DC-9 captain seniority list.
38 Cslusarc: How many NW DC-9 captains are over 50? How many NW Airbus 319/320 captains are over 50? How many NW Boeing 757 captains are over 50? How many NW Airbu
39 CO7e7: Great Video.. thanks a lot for sharing! Enjoy your retirement Captain Jenkins
40 Nautilusgr: I'm sure he enjoyed his career and he has lots to remember while sitting in his garden and looking to the skies. Congratulations, Capt. Jenkins!
41 Jjbiv: Capt. Jenkins is typed on the 727, 747-400 and the DC-10. joe
43 Ramerinianair: Many of you don't have a clue. I am getting very sick of hearing "Well, he is a pilot so, he makes a lot of money . . . . " That's BULL SHIT. You put
44 Charlienorth: At NWA he would have been through a lot of strikes in the 60's and 70's,and was no doubt an F.O. for quite a while.
45 AndrewUber: $145,000 per year IS a lot of money to 90% of the population. Oh the humanity! How did he possibly get by on such a piddly paycheck?!
46 Nautilusgr: Sorry, do you happen to know the average salaries for pilots outside your country? Don't get me wrong, you are absolutely right in most things you sa
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