ComfortablyNumb
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Actually, I'm already collecting my pension from Teamsters, and one from another retirement system, as well as Social Security. I may have already mentioned this, I self-retired when I was 55. I had a private catastrophe health plan, $6000 deductible, for a few hundred dollars a month. When the government decided to make healthcare 'Affordable',, that policy went to over $1000 a month. I had been doing seasonal feeder for about six years, just to have fun driving a truck and make some mad money. An opportunity came up to take a feeder job I was covering because a rural center didn't have a backup feeder driver, and the regular driver had a heart attack right after Thanksgiving. He was eventually disqualified medically, so I was hired as a car washer and put in the backup position while the full-time job went out to bid. It's a whole other story in itself, but I was hosed out of the feeder work and eventually wound up with the PT air position, which was really all I needed.
The reason I continue to work is for the benefits. I don't need the money, but it nice having a couple of extra grand a month of disposable income. I was going to retire at 65, buy learned that because of my age I could work and draw my pension. And, as long as I get 750 hours in, I get a raise in my pension, about $200 a month. If I were to quit, I'd be giving up the money and have to pay for my benefits, which with my wife and myself would be nearly $500 a month. So, for a mere 3.5 hours a day I have extra money, paid benefits, and increase my pension, and the luxury of being able to walk out the door anytime I want to.
To update what has been going on, the customer counter has been permanently shut down, so not being able to take that position has actually worked out for me. I now have the preferred job of scanning packages and loading the trailer and processing the exceptions. Yeah, it's not the cake walk air driving was, but it's not intolerable. Not yet anyway.
The reason I continue to work is for the benefits. I don't need the money, but it nice having a couple of extra grand a month of disposable income. I was going to retire at 65, buy learned that because of my age I could work and draw my pension. And, as long as I get 750 hours in, I get a raise in my pension, about $200 a month. If I were to quit, I'd be giving up the money and have to pay for my benefits, which with my wife and myself would be nearly $500 a month. So, for a mere 3.5 hours a day I have extra money, paid benefits, and increase my pension, and the luxury of being able to walk out the door anytime I want to.
To update what has been going on, the customer counter has been permanently shut down, so not being able to take that position has actually worked out for me. I now have the preferred job of scanning packages and loading the trailer and processing the exceptions. Yeah, it's not the cake walk air driving was, but it's not intolerable. Not yet anyway.
