Retirement MRA+30

Right, all I was pointing out was that you forgot to add pay increases into the working controller's final salary but you gave COLA to the retired controller. Even at the top of the pay band the working controller's pay would shift up as the top of the pay band shifted up, and therefore his pension multiplier would be multiplied against a higher amount. The working controller still wouldn't be making $150k nine years later. Put differently, it's highly unlikely that the working controller's federal pay would remain frozen for nine years while the retiree still got COLA during those nine years. Even under the White Book (assuming it had been in effect for nine years) I don't believe it was that extreme, but correct me if I'm wrong. Was there ever a time in ATC history where someone remaining at the same facility made the same dollar amount over nine consecutive years?
 
I saw the information you're looking for a few weeks ago and I swear it was on those OPM pages you linked, but for the life of me I cannot find all the information again.

If I understood it correctly, if one makes it all the way to MRA+30, ALL 30 (or more) years will count as 1.7% of High-3. The kicker is that that anyone born 1970 or after has to be 57 for MRA! Also, it appears that all of those years do not have to be ATC/2152 positions, only 5 of them. However, if one does qualify for MRA+30 at 1.7% they will not be eligble for the COLA until age 62.

Do a search for Section 226 of Public Law 108-176. Here's a link where they explain the Special Provisions in more plain language than the actual law document.

Based on my previous Federal service I'll need to work until July 2034/age 56, get another Federal job for 16 months to hit age 57 in July and then hit my Service Computation Date in December 2035. Then I'll have 32 years of Federal service total, 26 in ATC and 6 in other Federal. If I'm reading this law right I'll get 1.7% for all 32 of those years.

That "minimum 5 years in ATC" part is worded kind of funny though. I'm not 100% sure on that.

EDIT: Just found a link to a forum where they discuss this. Seems the 1.7.% can go over 20 years but only for ATC time. The other years up to 30 and beyond will be 1%.
 
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I saw the information you're looking for a few weeks ago and I swear it was on those OPM pages you linked, but for the life of me I cannot find all the information again.

If I understood it correctly, if one makes it all the way to MRA+30, ALL 30 (or more) years will count as 1.7% of High-3. The kicker is that that anyone born 1970 or after has to be 57 for MRA! Also, it appears that all of those years do not have to be ATC/2152 positions, only 5 of them. However, if one does qualify for MRA+30 at 1.7% they will not be eligble for the COLA until age 62.

Do a search for Section 226 of Public Law 108-176. Here's a link where they explain the Special Provisions in more plain language than the actual law document.

Based on my previous Federal service I'll need to work until July 2034/age 56, get another Federal job for 16 months to hit age 57 in July and then hit my Service Computation Date in December 2035. Then I'll have 32 years of Federal service total, 26 in ATC and 6 in other Federal. If I'm reading this law right I'll get 1.7% for all 32 of those years.

That "minimum 5 years in ATC" part is worded kind of funny though. I'm not 100% sure on that.

EDIT: Just found a link to a forum where they discuss this. Seems the 1.7.% can go over 20 years but only for ATC time. The other years up to 30 and beyond will be 1%.
I know this is so old. But I clicked your link and want to confirm if this is still current.

As long as you have 5 years of actively controlling traffic, all years will be credited with 1.7% regardless of future positions? For instance if I was a support specialist or other non-good time earning jobs?
 
I know this is so old. But I clicked your link and want to confirm if this is still current.

As long as you have 5 years of actively controlling traffic, all years will be credited with 1.7% regardless of future positions? For instance if I was a support specialist or other non-good time earning jobs?
No, that was never the case.
 
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