Age 21 Rule?

[Quimby]

Please. You are the same guy on the $hitter strokin it to a new Pro-Pilot mag. Get a life. As far as 5 years of stagnation? I am sure enough of them will stroke out making it more like 3.

now that's some funny $he-ot...

 

[UndauntedFlyer]

I'm advocating that you get a life and realize that flying a piece of aluminum through the air at the wee hours of the morning isn't the way to spend your twilight years.

I can assure you that a person age 60 to 65 is not in anykind of "twilight years." I know this will surprise many younger members of FI but a person in that age bracket still feels and thinks the same as when they were new-hires in the airline business. Absolutely nothing changes. I have no way of knowing but from my point of view, a person's "twilight" years probably begins at about 85 years of age. I know of pilot who is about to take his ATP checkride in a Diamond twin star and he's 84. I really don't think he considers himself in his "twilight" years either.

 

[Amish RakeFight]

I can assure you that a person age 60 to 65 is not in anykind of "twilight years." I know this will surprise many younger members of FI but a person in that age bracket still feels and thinks the same as when they were new-hires in the airline business. Absolutely nothing changes. I have no way of knowing but from my point of view, a person's "twilight" years probably begins at about 85 years of age. I know of pilot who is about to take his ATP checkride in a Diamond twin star and he's 84. I really don't think he considers himself in his "twilight" years either.

Don't kid yourself pops.

Get used to products like Metamucil, Bengay and 81 mgs. of asprin in the morning.

 

[pilotyip]

We need a study to determine if the accident will go up if we decrease the airline pilot age from 23 to 21. Should take about 5-6 years.

 

[kmox29]

The ME generation was born 58 years ago.

Absolutely correct.

 

[Chest Rockwell]

You know, there's one silver lining in this whole thing: knowing that UndauntedFlyer got booted out before the rule changed. It's a beautiful thing.

You just pegged the no class meter.

 

[Chest Rockwell]

Go ahead and spend the time and money to remove the age 23 limit for atp's. It will be the insurance companies that drive who can fly. There are few instances where a 23 year old 1500 hour pilot will have the opportunity the be pic on a pt 121 operation.

 

[atrdriver]

Neil Armstrong was 19-21 when he became a fighter ace in the Korean War.

We can have 21 year old Captains... the problem is who is going to pay for the extensive training program.

Managmenet spending money on training for pilots and raising the hourly rate is like french kissing your grandmother.

Neil Armstrong was an Ace? He flew F9F's with VF-51 in a ground attack role. You sure about that Res?

 

[jke406]

If your life sucked, you forgot to save money, or had 3 wives.........ITS YOUR FAULT. Oh yea, these guys stayed flying because they love flying. That's it. And they say today's kids are the ME generations. The ME generation was born 58 years ago.

well said. The ME generation is showing its colors. Amazing how badly that generation went in the sh!tter.