In re the Claim of Reid

—Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed March 4, 1996, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because he voluntarily left his employment without good cause.

Claimant was employed as an airline mechanic. Anticipating that the work of his department was to be “outsourced” (i.e., performed by outside companies), claimant resigned, taking advantage of the employer’s early retirement incentive program. The Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board subsequently ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving benefits…