Crossky
A Gentleman and a bother
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WOW, if that survey is accurate, that's nuts.
Maybe I should pay more attention to those Dennis Hopper ads. Retire at 50, and definitely be able to play more golf than at 65 . . .
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How old were those pilots for that Continental Regional who failed to hold short of runways 22L/R the other day at EWR???
All those who have to wait 5 years to upgrade, well, y'all get to work until 65 now so what's the difference?
How old were those pilots for that Continental Regional who failed to hold short of runways 22L/R the other day at EWR??? Sad truth is any pilot young or old can be fatigued or mentally lacking. But there are more stories of experienced pilots who've saved the day too... AGE 65 finally brings us into the 20th Century and ICAO standards. Now lets all get over it and move on. All those who have to wait 5 years to upgrade, well, y'all get to work until 65 now so what's the difference? I like the linear graphics on retirement age and longevity of life. My guess is those who retired early were well-off and therefore able to lead a more stressfree life; maybe you should've gotten an income breakdown of those who retired early-- I'll bet you the other linear scale is rich retire early live long have decent health care, poor retire late have crappy health care die early...
AGE 65 finally brings us into the 20th Century and ICAO standards. ...
Sweet Jeezus, ICAO includes places like France, third world countries, etc. etc.
Since when do we want to emulate those idiots?
We should aspire to something much higher than the international standard. We just got sold out, there are no two ways about it. Feel free to go work in an ICAO country if that's all you want. Good luck with that.
You must be the idiot, do your homework, we are an ICAO nation, in fact we have 2 members on the voting council, it makes perfect sense to follow ICAO policies since we vote them in
If you want ICAO standards, then move to an ICAO country!AGE 65 finally brings us into the 20th Century and ICAO standards.
Wow, that's the best "I've got mine translation ever."Now lets all get over it and move on. All those who have to wait 5 years to upgrade, well, y'all get to work until 65 now so what's the difference?
Totally Disagree!!!!
NJA is a non-sked, fair wx operation of which the sum total of operating hours since inception barely compares to one year of FAR121 ops.
FAR 121 pilots are being forced to be more productive than ever in increasingly harsher environments. Age 60 is a rule with a perfect record. CAL has had 3 on duty heart attacks in 2007, one fatal. It's not the time to be messing with this rule and if anyone actually cared about the safety data this wouldn't be happening like this.
Gee, that sounds wonderful! Thanks for the opportunity.All those who have to wait 5 years to upgrade, well, y'all get to work until 65 now so what's the difference?
Get it in your contract that pilots have to retire at age 60 with full pay at your airline. You could still get that sailboat at age 60, you may change your mind at 60Gee, that sounds wonderful! Thanks for the opportunity.
Perhaps you like the idea of cleaning the trash off the cabin floor while sporting your goat-tee into your golden years, but most of us would prefer to be sitting on a sailboat in the caribbean at age 60. Now, if we choose to do that, we'll lose quite a bit of money from the delayed upgrade and loss of compounded interest. Yeah, sounds like a great deal.![]()
Any such clauses in contracts will cause the unions to get hit with massive amounts of DFR lawsuits.Get it in your contract that pilots have to retire at age 60 with full pay at your airline. You could still get that sailboat at age 60, you may change your mind at 60
I'm just glad we were able to get rid of dangerously senile old guys like Hoot Gibson, Barry Schiff, and Al Haynes. Just imagine if they had been allowed to fly up until 65.![]()