Finally - Justification to Raise Age 60

[klhoard]

Career path of a XXXXXXX Airlines pilot

30 years old. Join Company. World is your Oyster.

31 years. Buy Flash Car, House and lots of toys. Get over that GA/Military poverty feeling.

32 years. Divorce boring first wife. Pay Child support and maintenance whilst looking for
second wife. Drink lots of beer and screw around whilst looking for second wife.

33 years. Repeat as above for a few more years.

36 years. Marry young spunky 25 year old virgin 'host-a-tute'.

37 years. Buy another house. Gave first one to wife 1.

38 years. Give in to second wife to have more kids. Father again.

39 years. Now a Captain. Hooray! Upgrade house and buy boat and flashier cars.

42 years. Wife two runs off with wealthy merchant banker but still
wants share of house (100%).

43 years. Settle with wife and resolve to stay away from women forever.
Seek appointment as Check Captain to have something to do.
Move into two Bed Apartment.

50 years. Meet sexy singer on a trip. She loves you and says you very beeeg.
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Continued. . . .
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[klhoard]

51 years. Marry sexy singer. Buy big house, boat and upgrade cars.

52 years. Sexy singer wants kids (not again). Resolve to get vasectomy.

54 years. Try to talk wife out of kids but hey presto shes pregnant. Says got
sick after taking pill. Accident, sorry, wont happen again.

55 years. Father of triplets.

56 years. Wife wants very big house, bigger boat and very flash cars.
Give in.

57 years. Make rash investments to try and have enough money for retirement.

59 Years. Lose money on rash investments and get audited by tax department.

60 Years. Wife three says you too old and no fun. Leaves.
Takes most of your assets.

61 Years. Now Captain on 767 and living in 1 bedroom company title
flat at Macquarie Fields.

65 Years. Lose medical and get job as sim instructor.
Look forward to years of getting up at 1 AM.

70 years. Alarm clock goes off at 1 AM. Have heart attack and die.

Happy at last!

 

[PastFastMover]

klhoard,

I hope this is not your bio and you are 69 3/4 years old.

 

[Goose17]

Sounds FUN!

I need to revise my plan.

Goose17

 

[blzr]

Funy, I know some guys who's life is playing out like that. Guess what, they ain't Regional guys. Their story has taken a different turn in the last couple of years though.

44. Due to large paycut andloss of retirement savings, loses young wife, house, boat, car, and kids. The wife doesn't want to live with someone she'll have to support on her secretary salary. Moves into a 1br apartment in downtown Atlanta where he barely scrapes enough money for rent and good cable tv. On a good month after picking up a trip or two, he may even be able to go out to dinner and afford one lap dance at the Cheeta 3. And He's just 44

 

[klhoard]

klhoard,

I hope this is not your bio and you are 69 3/4 years old.

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Not quite. . . I'm still looking for a 25 year old "host-a-tute"!!!
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[CF34-3B1]

**CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED**, I'm WAY behind schedule.........

 

[AlbieF15]

The issue really isn't whether or not its bad to be 60 without a pension or still needing to work...regardless of the poor decisions or bad luck that put them in that position.

The 2 big questions of the issue are A) whether or not in the aggregrate allowing pilots to fly past 60 is in the best interests of safety. (Of course, we all know 45 year olds who have keeled over and guys who flew GA or 135 into their 70s...so we are talking macro here) and B) It is fair to penalize every pilot who is NOT close to retirement for the financial benefit of those who are? The argument of "well...YOUR career will be longer too" is moot for those who had always planned to retire at 60 (or earlier) anyway. You are basically taking money from the junior guys so that the senior guys can extend their career 2-5 more years, and severely delaying any upgrades and associated pay raises. Q of life due to bidding is also seriously affected.

I know KL was just having some fun, but dismissing the issue as "smart guys can retire at 60 and guys who were dumb cannot..." just isn't the case.

You want my perfect world? Put these over 60 guys into management and training positions where there expereince is invaluable. Pay them a very fair wage for their services. I've helped several retired guys get ready for professional instructor positions at several airlines, and it sure seems like a win/win for both parties.

 

[ilinipilot]

What about the furlough guys who will have to wait an extra 5 years to get recalled.

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[Rez O. Lewshun]

What about the furlough guys who will have to wait an extra 5 years to get recalled.

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They will make it up on the other end. At a higher payscale. It is a shift.