acl65pilot

Many will fly to 65. I know the guys here at DAL take care of themselves, eat health and work out a ton. Most could probably go to 70!

mmaviator

I forgot where I found it and watched it but in Russia, they give their pilots medical exams before they fly. If they start it here in the US then might as well go big and make the retirement age 100(65-70- soon 75).

"By the group's estimates women would to live to be 89 to 94 on average instead of the government's estimate of 83 to 85 years. For men, the group expects they will live to be 83 to 86 instead of the government's projection of 80 years average life expectancy in 2050. "
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ActiveA...ory?id=9330511


http://everydaytipsandthoughts.com/h...-non-drinkers/

acl65pilot

They will never start that here. No reason too

Sink r8

Let's not waste bandwith arguing the unarguable: raising the retirement age is simply an attempt by a portion of older guys trying to shift the burden of their poor planning, or the collapse of their pie-in-the-sky dreams, onto another generation.

Instead, show me who is in favor of further increases, and help me link with the majority of pilots, who CLEARLY do not want such an abomination to occur, so that we stop any such move.

Now... I looked at Rice's comments on ALPA TV, and I didn't see anything to suggest he was advocating this. He was simply stating, among other nasty challenges we face, that there could be discussions on the topic as a shortage develops... BUT THAT AGE 70 IS NOT A SOLUTION.

At any rate, let us the majority not focus on winning on our prose on the subject: let us be just as effective in killing any such measure, with all the cunning, aggression, and drive, as the *** ******** that forced 65 on us in the first place.

paladin

Well all I have to say is I am over 60 and senior enough to not have to fly those kinds of trips. I’ve been married to the same woman for longer than I can remember who by the way still works and both kids are long gone. House is paid for; finances and retirement are not a problem. I still do it because (1) I am good at it and (2) I still love it. Until those things change I plan on working at my chosen profession for as long as I as the law allows. I am mandated to take a physical and line check every six months along with 2 days of extensive simulator training annually. For you snot nosed kids who have a problem with the more experienced pilots, get over it; it’s the law. For those with whom I work if there is a problem bid around me or call in sick.

BTW gloopy got it wrong. It was the political back room deal between C.R. Smith and Elwood R. Quesada that brought the retirement age to 60. Changing the age to 65 only helps to correct the injustice of an unwarranted intrusion by a government entity into a citizen’s right to earn a living.

Carl Spackler

You're kidding yourself if you think you're still "good" at it. Your vision and reflexes may be enough to get you past a sim check, but that's a long way from being good. The fact that you don't get that is troubling. My experience has been that the really good guys who were 60, were the ones that wanted to leave because they could see their changes for the worse. The ones that actually thought they were still good, always wanted to hang on to the bitter end.

If the law had mandated that you go to the bottom of the list, then I would believe you. 6 legs a day on a DC-9 for 19 days a month would show me that you're doing this for love.

Carl

DYNASTY HVY

In this day and age there are probably some 35-40 y.o also at home .
I hit 59 y.o and I,m going on a loooong vacation

FlyJSH

as I said, it was just an observation. I'm 20 years beyond that argument.

paladin

You know nothing about me, my skills as a pilot or my physical prowess, so you speak from ignorance, spouting off platitudes about burned out ol geezers that play to your "want it now and entitlement" sense of life.

I have done 6 legs a day on a DC9 and now I do 3 or 4 on a 737. Fortunately for me and much to your chargrin there is no law that mandates I go back to the bottom of the list (been there before) and having earned that priviledge makes the job now all the more fun.

forgot to bid

A Captain I flew with: "I think the hardest part about growing old is you never know whats going to happen when you fart."


Thank you, I might be here all night!