ghostrider64
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- Jan 29, 2005
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So I'm 52 and been flying fractional for a long time. I've flown with young guys that were both sharp and horrible. I've flown with old guys that were both sharp and horrible. Unfortunately my experience is that the older guys are disproportionally horrible when compared to the young guys. Unscientific my history may be, it does shed light on this issue.
I'm hoping not to become an old snow cone flying because I've nothing else to do with me time. Like it or not there are many at netjets that aren't doing it for the money. It's because they oly identify themselves as pilots and when you are no longer flying how do they identify themselves?
My skills flying are not as good as they once were. My reaction times have slowed. But as of yet I've still enjoyed positive changes etc... That are both technical and structural. Unfortunately I've seem more and more old guys that can't stand change, like the iPad for example. Christ I've never heard so much bitching about that change. When you can longer accept and keep up with these changes it's time to get out. Unfortunately the only ones I've head bitching about these changes are over 65 crowd.
As one who is closer to 65 than 35 believe that mandatory retirement ages should be in place for ALL commercial CAPTS..... These guys can still make some fantastic sics but when they are making the ultimate decisions I have to question them quite often.
I'm hoping not to become an old snow cone flying because I've nothing else to do with me time. Like it or not there are many at netjets that aren't doing it for the money. It's because they oly identify themselves as pilots and when you are no longer flying how do they identify themselves?
My skills flying are not as good as they once were. My reaction times have slowed. But as of yet I've still enjoyed positive changes etc... That are both technical and structural. Unfortunately I've seem more and more old guys that can't stand change, like the iPad for example. Christ I've never heard so much bitching about that change. When you can longer accept and keep up with these changes it's time to get out. Unfortunately the only ones I've head bitching about these changes are over 65 crowd.
As one who is closer to 65 than 35 believe that mandatory retirement ages should be in place for ALL commercial CAPTS..... These guys can still make some fantastic sics but when they are making the ultimate decisions I have to question them quite often.
