First 60+ pilot to die....

[Daddy]

This thread is gay

 

[say again]

Ive been dead for the last 10 years (29 now), that was the start of my career as a pilot!!!! :laugh:

 

[brainhurts]

With the affects of Viagra still in it's infancy, I think it is premature to condem this bill. I am 59 1/2 and I am reguarly making sexy time with the new FAs and I for one, welcome 5 more years of this as I believe it keeps me young.

 

[maximizer]

. The last pilot I saw die on a flight was in the right seat of my airliner as we landed at CVG. He was flying to the airpane to boot. Very healthy 49 year old. The one before that, was 39 yeras old and all appeared to be in great health.

perhaps you should issue a baby aspirin to your flying partners before each flight.

 

[Spooky 2]

perhaps you should issue a baby aspirin to your flying partners before each flight.

As a mtter of fact, I take one every day and you probaly should also if your over 40.

My flyng partner died of a stroke so I'm not sure if the asprin would have made any difference in his case.

 

[BobbyB]

you're not gonna see airline pilots suddenly dying in flight now because they raised the age by 5 years...give me a break. it might occasionally happen just like it did before they changed the rule.

I think if you look at insurance actuarial tables you'd find that more guys will keel over. Not necessarily at the yoke, but they will. What if the age was 40? How many guys would keel over at the yoke? How about age 70? 75? 90? There is some age where the average pilot isn't fit to fly the line anymore. (the bell curve. I know somebody will have a great story about an 80 yr old who is sharp as a tack blah blah, i'm talking general pilot population). Age 65 moves in that direction. There won't be guys keeling over every week, but you'd be an idiot to think that it will be the same as it has been with age 60.

 

[wrgcareer]

I wouldn't expect to see a significant increase in pilot incapacitation, but there is a difference in general population health here in the U.S. versus Europe. I don't know the stats, but I think they live longer over there.

 

[say again]

Obviously he wasnt very healthy.

Hopefully, if I do some wise planning and investing, I can be retired by 50-55.

 

[Spooky 2]

Obviously he wasnt very healthy.

Hopefully, if I do some wise planning and investing, I can be retired by 50-55.

What I meant to say of course was the guy appeared to be very healthy. Was an active runner and competed in the Master swim competitions. I dont know that one can predict a stroke.

Somebody, somewhere has probbaly got the stats on the ages of pilots who have died prior to 60. I would be suspect of anything posted here supporting either side.

 

[Flopgut]

Hey listen you low life regional reprobate. The last pilot I saw die on a flight was in the right seat of my airliner as we landed at CVG. He was flying to the airpane to boot. Very healthy 49 year old. The one before that, was 39 yeras old and all appeared to be in great health.

Your are really a low life.

As much as you would like to return to the days when a captain could push the throttles up on Tenerife and was sufficiently treacherous that no crewmember would say anything, we are NOT going to do that! Nobody knows enough about how this age is going to affect things that you can strike anyones input from consideration.

That's exactly how this is going. A chain of errors is growing rapidly and the arrogant, marginal captain won't listen to anybody. Too focused on one thing. Well, I've got news for you: your fellow crewmembers aren't going to get shut out of the equation. In or out of the cockpit, even if they work for a regional and you think you're above them.