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Sunday, March 31, 2013

Petition - HL 164 (2)


Phase I - Complete:


Date: 03/31/13 12:03:29
Subject: petition to Richard Anderson
 





Dear Mark, I do not know how I have missed your attempts to get us back our retirement via petition however I am very interested and hope it is not too late to sign the petition.  I am a member of DP3 in good standing and hopefully you and they are acting as a team in this effort.

 Sincerely, Bill Easterlin

Editor: Thanks Bill. Sometimes we need to be reminded that many of our PCN members have busy lives and cannot always stay engaged with every issue.  I thank you for coming to the party.  Again, the petition is still open so it can still receive signatures.  Please know that the goal had been reached and the petition has been printed and delivered to our targets.  The consistent and persistent effort to gain a meeting to discuss a remedy is now underway. 

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From: Jake Boyd <ekaj@orcasonline.com>
Date: March 27, 2013, 1:13:14 PM EDT
To: Mark Sztanyo <
marksztanyo@gmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: Fwd: AVwebBiz: Wednesday, March 27, 2013

 



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Fwd: AVwebBiz: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Date:
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Scroll down and find our story.  Exciting to see it in media print.

Jake


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Subject:
AVwebBiz: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
 
Date:
Wed, 27 Mar 2013 04:42:05 -0500 (CDT)
 
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Volume 11, Number 13
March 27, 2013
Re-Print of an Article on AVweb:

Retired Delta Pilots Want Pensions Back


http://www.avweb.com/newspics/delta777.jpgA former Delta Air Lines senior captain has launched a petition trying to convince the reorganized company to reinstate pensions that were terminated when the airline first filed for bankruptcy eight years ago. Robert Moser was among about 3,500 retired pilots whose pensions were cut by 80 percent or more when they were assumed by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. Northwest Airlines filed for bankruptcy on the same day as Delta but the company did not ask for the pension plan to be terminated. Now that the two airlines have merged, Moser says there's a terrible injustice in that the reorganized airline continues to fund the pensions of the Northwest retirees while the long-term employees who were at Delta long before the merger are left without. "The very pilot group that helped place Delta in an extraordinary business position to capitalize on recent big moves, are the same ones that have disproportionately suffered the biggest hit during and after the re-organization," Moser says in the petition preamble.

Moser noted that pensions are not a "gift" from the company to retirees but include years of deferred income paid by the employees to provide income in retirement. Moser said those most affected by the situation retired between 2002 and 2007 when the retirement age for pilots went to 65 from 60. Like many of the others, Moser has taken jobs at foreign airlines to support himself and his family in the absence of the pension. He's currently a Boeing 777 instructor for an Asian airline. "My workdays are long, my commute is 15 hours each way, and I subject my body to 14 time zones every three weeks," Moser said. "And, I am better off than most of the 3500 retirees because I am still working and earning a few dollars."


 

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The Petition has been compiled and delivered to our targets but it will remain open for anyone to read, see and sign.  Feel free to point or visit the site:


Three quick comments:
1. There WAS an unfair injustice! Some have asked for some proof of
the harm that DAL Retired Pilots incurred so click here to see it
first hand:
http://the3500.homestead.com/Proof_of_Harm.pdf

2. Will this work? Capt Moser is using the petition as the first step
in a multi faceted strategy to gain a meeting to discuss these
issues. Admittedly it is a long shot. Since the cause is just and
doing right is always good, why not give him our support?

3. Is my info safe? Absolutely!

Note: Use different computers for other family members.

RE: Petition supporting Delta Retired Pilots and a remedy for lost
benefits.

SIGN THIS PETITION TODAY!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/627/208/216/

ALL Petition ISSUES or QUESTIONS Click here:
http://pcn.homestead.com/PetitionFAQs.html

SHARE THIS NOTICE WITH OTHERS!


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