Get ready for Age 67+

[Fubijaakr]

Probably as much as Gen Xers with entitlement complexes amuse me.

 

[zonejumper]

Yep. You're the best of the best. You could part the Red Sea.
There. Did I stroke your ego enough? People with Napoleon complexes crack me up.

So, Fubi is a short, French guy AND an old fart to boot?!

 

[fullsail]

Hey Fubi,

I heard XO Jet is hiring. You can fly "til you're 95. Think about how great that would be. Showing those 50 year old "kids" how it's done. You'll get that age discrimination thing licked! Let us know how it goes for ya...

 

[Flopgut]

Hey Fubi: How many avatars are you going to have tonight? I notice they keep degenerating into weirder pictures of of increasingly younger men you weirdo. Cool it. Us normal people don't like that. Hey, you know junior, old guys like you rank a considerable distant second to the guy who operates the tug on pushback as to how much you can actually be counted on? It's true...

 

[Fubijaakr]

Floppy,

Glad you have such a grandiose opinion of what you bring to the operation. Gear up, Sonny.

 

[Flopgut]

Good Lord you have another avatar! And it's a cartoon no less! You're creepy dude. And, btw, you wouldn't be senior enough over here for me to jerk gear for you. And as soon as somebody buys that airline you're flying for, your visions of retiring a captain will be over.

 

[BrickTop]

I wonder how many of the kids have the balls to tell the geezers they should get the hell out of "their" seat.....

Any Geezer who wants to talk can meet me in ORD at the train station just outside the glass doors and I'll teach you all about balls. Or you can just fly to my hometown in middle Iowa and we can take a walk to my farm.......

 

[Dumb Pilot]

Implement JAA medical standards in the US and you'd have a HUGE pilot shortage.

I agree, since all you really need to do to get a US first class medical is fog a mirror. Forget the 60 year olds, what about the 35 year olds walking in the terminals that are 60 pounds over weight and carrying a McDonalds bag. Every month when I come home for my days off it takes me e few minutes to get over the initial shock

 

[Fubijaakr]

Floppy,

Speaking of avatars, thanks for putting up your daughter's picture. She's sweet.

 

[Empennage]

It should have been an easy solution. When changing from age 60 to age 65 all you had to do was raise the age 1 year every 2 years. So year 1 it goes to 61. Two years later it goes to 62. Two years later it goes to 63. So on an so forth.

It wasn't handled appropriately however. As a result of such, you will not see it go past 65. Too many people have been hurt by the change and the way it was handled.

Move on.

 

[Fubijaakr]

It wasn't handled appropriately however. As a result of such, you will not see it go past 65. Too many people have been hurt by the change and the way it was handled.

I think you're right, Emp. However, it may go higher because the people who make the rules don't give a crap about how many pilot careers were hurt.

 

[chqflyer]

I wanna fly until they pry the yoke from my cold, dead fingers.




Actually, HELL NO! I'm in my thirties and ready to punch outta this crazy business already. Who in their right mind would want to fly 'til they die?

 

[Fubijaakr]

Actually, HELL NO! I'm in my thirties and ready to punch outta this crazy business already. Who in their right mind would want to fly 'til they die?

So go. There's someone who will gladly take your seniority number.

 

[Empennage]

I think you're right, Emp. However, it may go higher because the people who make the rules don't give a crap about how many pilot careers were hurt.

The roadblock will be much too high this time.

It's like anything else, you handle it well and you will have a chance later. That did not happen.

Swapa nor alpa will be willing to support further changes. Remember the reasons for changing? A pilot shortage? With unemployment nearing 10%, even a dem president would walk away from the trouble this would further cause.

 

[Andy]

I agree, since all you really need to do to get a US first class medical is fog a mirror. Forget the 60 year olds, what about the 35 year olds walking in the terminals that are 60 pounds over weight and carrying a McDonalds bag. Every month when I come home for my days off it takes me e few minutes to get over the initial shock

Yep. Hence the double entendre in my post. Reread it. I hope you'll find the humor.