From: Doug McDuff
Date: 1/10/2016 10:03:43 AM
To: Mark Sztanyo; Dir Pcn
Subject: John Malone and HCTC
Hi Mark,
I understand that John Malone, who was MEC Chairman from
2003 to 2005, is once again leading DALPA. As you may remember, John was
committed to protecting the old defined benefit retirement plan, but was ousted
in favor of the crowd that agreed to allow Delta to terminate the plan and
permanently reduce the benefits of Delta pilot retirees.
It seems to me that the only way Delta will ever provide any
additional relief or compensation to Delta pilot retirees is for ALPA to
negotiate such relief. I plan to email John and ask him about this, but
thought I would first check with you to see if you were aware of any effort
already underway for ALPA to seek compensation for the sacrifices of retirees
as well as active pilots.
On another issue, you are probably already aware that the
PBGC and IRS have issued instructions for claiming the HCTC. One aspect
that some may not be aware of is the fact that once you go on Medicare, you are
not eligible for the HCTC yourself, but you can claim it for your spouse and
dependents for a period of 24 months from the date you started Medicare if they
are on COBRA. Here are the links:
Happy New Year to you and your family!
All the Best,
Doug McDuff
Editor: Doug, Great to hear from you and
Happy New Year!. By all
means approach any and everybody who would look into our plight and
advocate for it. I know of no organized effort to win ALPA support
for ANY help on our behalf. I can tell you that my experience
has led me to believe that the active group would not support negotiating
capital spent on retirees behalf, as there has been unfortunately a bad
view accepted about the retiree's situation. That said if
John or any fair minded individuals would seek fairness as to our situation I
and I am sure thousands of us are all for it. Go for it! In that
vein, let us know what John's response is.
Share
with Malone (or anyone else for that matter) our Delta Pilot Retiree’s story:
The
HCTC as it once again becomes active will impact a number of our guys that can
use it or can file an amended return for last two years. I will certainly
pass along your info and thank you for it, and hope that our group will get the
heads up needed. (See the Insurance section above).
Thanks
again classmate and hope all things are going well for ya.
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