First 60+ pilot to die....

[Carl_Spackler]

Anyone want to guess when the first 60+ pilot will die while on duty? It seems like a lot of long haul pilots die a few years after retiring at 60. Is there going to be a rise in dying before retiring?

 

[Tejas-Jet]

Well...you can start by tracking back to November 23, 2006...the date that the ICAO age was accepted in the US airspace.

Let us know what you find...we're interested

 

[Amish RakeFight]

I don't think there's gonna be many who really want to be out there for 5 more years.

Daily stress and pressure
Commuting
Sedentary job
UV radiation
Pressure changes
Circadian rhythms
Poor on-the-go diets
Air quality
huffin Jet-A on the ramp
weather
low approaches
Emergencies
Salary
management


From another thread:

Age at
Retirement-- Average Age At Death
49.9 ------- 86
51.2 ------- 85.3
52.5 ------- 84.6
53.8 ------- 83.9
55.1 --------83.2
56.4 ------- 82.5
57.2 ------- 81.4
58.3 ------- 80
59.2 ------- 78.5
60.1 ------- 76.8
61. -------- 74.5
62.1 --------71.8
63.1 ------- 69.3
64.1 ------- 67.9
65.2 ------- 66.8

"An important conclusion from this study is that for every year one works beyond age 55, one loses 2 years of life span on average."

 

[Carl_Spackler]

If you think I'm going to do research, you will very disappointed

 

[learflyer]

what ever happened to the study about staying active, and working longer to live longer? Now this $hit?

 

[easydoesit]

Dude, you are sick...60 is not that old. I am at 37 and no, I don't like that I will have to upgrade later. The true fact is that this was eventually going to happen(age 65). If someone wants to work till then, so be it. 60 these days is not much different than 65.

Whoever thinks this is wrong, unsafe, or whatever, you are being selfish and shortsighted. It was going to happen, let's just get it over with and move on. Quit your whining. It's a done deal.

 

[Vne]

I want to know who was the last pilot born on December 12th 1947........

 

[fullforward]

you're not gonna see airline pilots suddenly dying in flight now because they raised the age by 5 years...give me a break. it might occasionally happen just like it did before they changed the rule. I don't see many guys that will want to stay until 65 anyways.

 

[atafan]

I know a 49 year old pilot that ran marathons and was a practicing black belt, he died from a massive heart attack while on short final.

Oh wait, that doesn't fit into this lame thread.

 

[Spooky 2]

Anyone want to guess when the first 60+ pilot will die while on duty? It seems like a lot of long haul pilots die a few years after retiring at 60. Is there going to be a rise in dying before retiring?

Hey listen you low life regional reprobate. The last pilot I saw die on a flight was in the right seat of my airliner as we landed at CVG. He was flying to the airpane to boot. Very healthy 49 year old. The one before that, was 39 yeras old and all appeared to be in great health.

Your are really a low life.