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Old January 1st 04, 01:33 PM
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Jay Honeck wrote:


Capt. Haynes is a retired airline captain, and a sought-after speaker on the
mashed-potato circuit. As such he should set for life, and pretty much
rolling in money.


There are some retired TWA pilots that need to work to make ends meet. There
are some recently retired pilots from "reorganized" carriers who have lost a
good portion of their retirement.

Then, there's those overpaid school teachers in California who retire at 100%,
get COLA increases from a bankrupt state, and who are rolling in dough.~

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Old January 1st 04, 02:47 PM
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On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 13:59:54 GMT, "Matthew S. Whiting"
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Jay Honeck wrote:


Capt. Haynes is a retired airline captain, and a sought-after speaker on the
mashed-potato circuit. As such he should set for life, and pretty much
rolling in money.



There are some retired TWA pilots that need to work to make ends meet. There
are some recently retired pilots from "reorganized" carriers who have lost a
good portion of their retirement.


That is truly infortunate, but I have a hard time feeling too sorry for
folks that made well over $100K/year and didn't sock away a little on
their own for retirement. I make less than most senior airline pilots
and I'm not planning on having SS be available when I retire nor my
company pension. If one or both are still there, that will be gravey.


Then, there's those overpaid school teachers in California who retire at 100%,
get COLA increases from a bankrupt state, and who are rolling in dough.~


I'm not familiar with CA (thankfully!), but in most states teachers make
a LOT less than airline pilots.


And put up with mounds more bull**** for about 10 hours a day and at
least 20 days out of the month.


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Old January 2nd 04, 05:15 AM
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Yeah, but they only have to work 180 days out of the year and work only 7
hour days and then get retirement plans that are killing the tax payers.


"Stu Gotts" wrote in message
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On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 13:59:54 GMT, "Matthew S. Whiting"
wrote:

wrote:

Jay Honeck wrote:


Capt. Haynes is a retired airline captain, and a sought-after speaker

on the
mashed-potato circuit. As such he should set for life, and pretty

much
rolling in money.


There are some retired TWA pilots that need to work to make ends meet.

There
are some recently retired pilots from "reorganized" carriers who have

lost a
good portion of their retirement.


That is truly infortunate, but I have a hard time feeling too sorry for
folks that made well over $100K/year and didn't sock away a little on
their own for retirement. I make less than most senior airline pilots
and I'm not planning on having SS be available when I retire nor my
company pension. If one or both are still there, that will be gravey.


Then, there's those overpaid school teachers in California who retire

at 100%,
get COLA increases from a bankrupt state, and who are rolling in

dough.~

I'm not familiar with CA (thankfully!), but in most states teachers make
a LOT less than airline pilots.


And put up with mounds more bull**** for about 10 hours a day and at
least 20 days out of the month.




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Old January 2nd 04, 01:48 PM
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Richard Hertz wrote:
Yeah, but they only have to work 180 days out of the year and work only 7
hour days and then get retirement plans that are killing the tax payers.


And how much teaching experience do you have? I'm guessing none by your
response.


Matt

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Old January 2nd 04, 02:24 PM
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"Matthew S. Whiting" wrote in message
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Richard Hertz wrote:
Yeah, but they only have to work 180 days out of the year and work only

7
hour days and then get retirement plans that are killing the tax payers.


And how much teaching experience do you have? I'm guessing none by your
response.

Why not answer his question, Matthew?

Answer this one, too: Why is it that over 3/4ths of teachers come from the
bottom quartile of their graduating classes?


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Old January 2nd 04, 06:31 PM
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Tom Sixkiller wrote:
"Matthew S. Whiting" wrote in message
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Richard Hertz wrote:

Yeah, but they only have to work 180 days out of the year and work only


7

hour days and then get retirement plans that are killing the tax payers.


And how much teaching experience do you have? I'm guessing none by your
response.


Why not answer his question, Matthew?

Answer this one, too: Why is it that over 3/4ths of teachers come from the
bottom quartile of their graduating classes?



Because he didn't ask a question. He made a statement. The only
question in the above is the one I asked.


Matt

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Old January 8th 04, 12:12 AM
Margy Natalie
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Tom Sixkiller wrote:

"Matthew S. Whiting" wrote in message
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Richard Hertz wrote:
Yeah, but they only have to work 180 days out of the year and work only

7
hour days and then get retirement plans that are killing the tax payers.


And how much teaching experience do you have? I'm guessing none by your
response.

Why not answer his question, Matthew?

Answer this one, too: Why is it that over 3/4ths of teachers come from the
bottom quartile of their graduating classes?


I don't think that is true, but the statistic I know is true states that most
teachers leave teaching in the first 5 years. The reason? The pay isn't worth
the headaches, time, etc.

Margy


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Old January 2nd 04, 03:47 PM
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I am changing careers. After working for 12 years in the computer science
industry I am going to "semi-retire" to teach math and computer science.
Many family members and acquaintances teach and when I compare their
lifestyle and working hours and stress to mine I conclude that the pay cut
is worth the reduced hours and the retirement benefits are almost criminal.
(in my opinion)


"Matthew S. Whiting" wrote in message
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Richard Hertz wrote:
Yeah, but they only have to work 180 days out of the year and work only

7
hour days and then get retirement plans that are killing the tax payers.


And how much teaching experience do you have? I'm guessing none by your
response.


Matt



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Old January 2nd 04, 06:34 PM
Matthew S. Whiting
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Richard Hertz wrote:
I am changing careers. After working for 12 years in the computer science
industry I am going to "semi-retire" to teach math and computer science.
Many family members and acquaintances teach and when I compare their
lifestyle and working hours and stress to mine I conclude that the pay cut
is worth the reduced hours and the retirement benefits are almost criminal.
(in my opinion)


Let us know what you think after completing your first year of teaching.
Good luck! I've often thought of this as well, but I know several
teachers very well and low stress isn't in their job description.


Matt

 




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