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We welcome letters to the Editor from pilots in good standing. We will edit them if necessary, but we will make every effort to preserve the author’s meaning. Letters must include the writer’s name and phone number. We will publish only letters that have not been sent to other persons or posted publicly – e.g., in crew rooms. Please keep your letters to 200 words or less.

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LTD  TO   RETIREMENT

After a lovely evening with 75 guests, my retirement has now become a reality. My guests included old flying buddies, relatives, crew schedulers, friends and neighbors. I would have, however, liked to invite the entire airline, but post retirement income did not permit that. With 27 years of flying, 20 years at Allegheny/USAir, it was a hard pill to take, after sustaining an injury on the jetway in ISP. Following my knee surgery, I developed RSD (reflex sympathetic dystrophy) which hindered my rehab. LTD is not a fun place to be, especially, for almost 2 years. Talk about jumping through hoops! IME’s, doctor after doctor, therapy after therapy. Even a 4-day would look pretty good, compared to all that I’ve been through trying to get my medical back. But then the early retirement package was offered. Flip a coin, or let’s see, dental medical, life, and passes plus 5 years of age enhancement with a lump sum up front. You can have your coin back.

It was a lifetime of true pleasure to have been a part of an evolving industry for so long. To see the changes from C-580s to B-767s. To be excited about a new route from PIT to MEM. How could we fly that far? And now you, the pilot group, have the opportunity to fly the Airbus and beyond. Don’t take this technology lightly, for some day you will look back and also say, "that was the best damn job a human could have."

Fly Safely!

L. Hay Dull, retired (PIT)
F-100

TONE  IT  DOWN

Your September ’98 article on the passenger count/ticket count problem was timely and contained information that every pilot needs to know.

Unfortunately, I knew from the first sentence who wrote it. References to "management failure," "intimidation," "unreasonable" and "held hostage" in the first paragraph alone don’t serve to enlighten, but instead offer an opportunity for John Davis to continue his tiresome tirade against management.

The US AIRWAVES is an important source of much needed information for the line pilot. It would be appreciated by many of us if it were more carefully edited to preclude its being poisoned by this type of political venting.

Hub Rushing (PIT)
B-757
Crew Room Wall

US AIRWAVES - November-December 1998

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