Sluggo_63
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How so?I realize you're very upset that is changing but you will benefit in later years.
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How so?I realize you're very upset that is changing but you will benefit in later years.
Thanks for your suggestion but I'm really not interested in being based overseas. My home is here and that's where I'll be.
There are still many angles to this issue.
My primary interest is flying for my company if there will be an 11th hour call from the FAA. But in any case, I have placed my order for my last crew meal before termination.
Finally, we agree with medical and flight safety experts who have studied the Age 60 Rule and have conclusively found that experience is the best indicator of how a pilot will perform when there is a crisis in the cockpit. Therefore, the ICAO standard improves safety by keeping the most experienced pilots in the air for up to an additional 5 years.
The safety argument may float if this rule was originally enacted based upon some safety data to support it. If no rule existed today, I have seen no data to support placing a limit at 60. Many who argue safety, when challenged, will quickly go back to the "you knew the rules" or " you had your chance to make the big dough, now it is my turn" arguments. If you a safety concern, you should be happy that the age limit effectively goes up by one day per day and there will always be a youngster under 60 in the cockpit.
Well Chest, The safety arguement floats better than the discrimination arguement. You can't say age 60 hasn't worked as a safe retirement age, while age 65 is just as perfectly discriminatory as 60. ANY age will always be discriminatory, ANY age will not always be safe (you can't have a 7 year old ATP!) You can not EXCLUDE the possibility this will be less safe (acknowledged by the FACT that one pilot must be <60), you CAN EXCLUDE the possibility that this is less discriminatory.
What I'm also concerned about, if this is not done right, guys like you are going to want to work until age 70. I'm monitoring the process and resisting any change that will enable an arguement for perpetual increases.
Thanks for your suggestion but I'm really not interested in being based overseas. My home is here and that's where I'll be.
There are still many angles to this issue.
My primary interest is flying for my company if there will be an 11th hour call from the FAA. But in any case, I have placed my order for my last crew meal before termination.[/quote]
Dead man walkin'.