Retirement Bill introduced to eliminate locality from FERS high 3 calculations

[DankVectorz]

You get 3 guesses for which party introduced this bill

A bill to exclude locality adjustments from average pay for purposes of computing the amount of retirement annuities of new employees. (S. 26)

A bill in the U.S. Congress.

www.govtrack.us

 

[KiloZulu]

You get 3 guesses for which party introduced this bill

A bill to exclude locality adjustments from average pay for purposes of computing the amount of retirement annuities of new employees. (S. 26)

A bill in the U.S. Congress.

www.govtrack.us

Lol Cassidy, a Republican from Louisiana, introduced a bill that disproportionately punishes those working in New York and California. Can't say I'm surprised

 

[AnyTrafficPleaseAdvise]

If members of Congress are covered by FERS then this will never pass.

 

[32andBelow]

Lol Cassidy, a Republican from Louisiana, introduced a bill that disproportionately punishes those working in New York and California. Can't say I'm surprised

It would punish plenty of red states. Alaska Texas etc.

 

[DankVectorz]

If members of Congress are covered by FERS then this will never pass.

I didn’t realize Congress was under FERS. Not nearly as worried about it now.

 

[blarg]

Congress' salaries are a specific amount which does not have a locality. This would not affect them.

 

[DankVectorz]

Congress' salaries are a specific amount which does not have a locality. This would not affect them.

Dammit

 

[AnyTrafficPleaseAdvise]

Congress' salaries are a specific amount which does not have a locality. This would not affect them.

I should’ve known.

 

[Spoony90]

it’s becoming harder and harder to stay in this job. And I’m in the RUS locality…. Thanks to NCEPT

 

[Soul_Controller]

Too slim a majority in the house to matter. But gov employees flirt with danger anytime the GOP has control of all three branches. You might not get this legislation, but you probably will get some compromise that still fucks you over.

 

[Phillytroll69]

Too slim a majority in the house to matter. But gov employees flirt with danger anytime the GOP has control of all three branches. You might not get this legislation, but you probably will get some compromise that still fucks you over.

I hope we do get it all the boomer atc voted for Trump let them get fucked.

 

[blarg]

I hope we do get it all the boomer atc voted for Trump let them get fucked.

I can't see the text of the bill, but the title says it would be for new employees. Phased in like most stuff. Still bullshit.

 

[Gauff]

I hope we do get it all the boomer atc voted for Trump let them get fucked.

Shit rolls downhill though

 

[DankVectorz]

I can't see the text of the bill, but the title says it would be for new employees. Phased in like most stuff. Still bullshit.

Completely missed that part of the title

 

[Redacted]

Completely missed that part of the title

Still horrible for trying to get new people in. New controllers stomaching 4% more FERS contributions is one thing, stomaching a minimum 17% smaller retirement may end applications entirely.

 

[PooseMaGoose]

Still horrible for trying to get new people in. New controllers stomaching 4% more FERS contributions is one thing, stomaching a minimum 17% smaller retirement may end applications entirely.

FAA OTS bids are receiving close to 60,000 applicants anymore. Even if applicants dropped by 95%, the FAA would still be able to meet annual hiring targets assuming 1 out of 2 wash at some point in the training pipeline.

There will never be a shortage of people wanting to get their foot in the door regardless of how bad things perceivably get for those already doing the work. We are underpaid for the work that is done and the conditions we face, but ATC has been sold as a high paying job to the public with no degree requirement… people will always stand in line for the notion of a “six figure job” even though six figures just flat out ain’t that impressive anymore.

 

[32andBelow]

FAA OTS bids are receiving close to 60,000 applicants anymore. Even if applicants dropped by 95%, the FAA would still be able to meet annual hiring targets assuming 1 out of 2 wash at some point in the training pipeline.

There will never be a shortage of people wanting to get their foot in the door regardless of how bad things perceivably get for those already doing the work. We are underpaid for the work that is done and the conditions we face, but ATC has been sold as a high paying job to the public with no degree requirement… people will always stand in line for the notion of a “six figure job” even though six figures just flat out ain’t that impressive anymore.

And pass rates keep tanking cus there’s zero qualifications required. Idk if that’s even still true. The last one was open for a couple weeks. They used to fill up in a weekend

 

[SquawkHijack]

FAA OTS bids are receiving close to 60,000 applicants anymore. Even if applicants dropped by 95%, the FAA would still be able to meet annual hiring targets assuming 1 out of 2 wash at some point in the training pipeline.

This is exactly why I thought CRWG was fucking stupid from the beginning. It only serves to acknowledge the agency’s goal of “staffing more people.” There’s a problem, the academy’s [primary hiring conduit by vast majority] capacity is still the same bottleneck it always has been. Yay, FAA Reauth requires the agency to maximize hiring for the next 5 years. Good thing they’ve already been doing that for several years running. Think this agency can double the capacity of the academy AND graduate even one additional class in that same timeframe?

Frankly I’m not surprised NATCA didn’t even consider any of this before “collaboratively” letting the agency make us sit on a bedpost for the rest of our lowly careers.

 

[32andBelow]

This is exactly why I thought CRWG was fucking stupid from the beginning. It only serves to acknowledge the agency’s goal of “staffing more people.” There’s a problem, the academy’s [primary hiring conduit by vast majority] capacity is still the same bottleneck it always has been. Yay, FAA Reauth requires the agency to maximize hiring for the next 5 years. Good thing they’ve already been doing that for several years running. Think this agency can double the capacity of the academy AND graduate even one additional class in that same timeframe?

Frankly I’m not surprised NATCA didn’t even consider any of this before “collaboratively” letting the agency make us sit on a bedpost for the rest of our lowly careers.

The enhance CTI was the biggest game changer to getting more people in. Something that should’ve been done 15 years ago.

 

[SquawkHijack]

The enhance CTI was the biggest game changer to getting more people in. Something that should’ve been done 15 years ago.

Heck I wouldn’t even mind having a fast track tuition forgiveness program for those folks if they put the time in to go through the CTI program and then get certified and put XX amount of good years on the boards. I’m spitballing a bit, but this whole CTI move looks promising.