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5 mission astronaut and he still probably had to get that 737 type for the job.
Gee Hoot, funny how you start your crusade when you're a senior captain, days from retirement. Where was the passion five years ago when you were a copilot waiting for upgrade?
Guess what Hoot? I'm not "ready" to fly in the right seat another 5 years. Get a Life dude. After his career he still needs to fly 6 legs a day thru Love Field. Loser.
Guess what Hoot? I'm not "ready" to fly in the right seat another 5 years. Get a Life dude. After his career he still needs to fly 6 legs a day thru Love Field. Loser.
That alone should be reason enough to change. Why would we be in agreement with those countries?
The reason ICAO changed it was because of LCC expansion and the need for pilots. They were running out of pilots in most of those countries. That is the truth, not them waking up and saying "wow, we should allow the old farts to keep flying, it really isn't FAIR...." Nope. They need pilots thanks to Ryanair and Easyjet expansion, plus Vueling, Air Berlin, Wizair, Windjet, Air One, BMI Baby, Flyglobespan, Jet2, Skyeurope, and ALL of the regular airlines that have stayed in Business and thrived. (all National Airlines are still around and expanding) So, do we have that same problem? No. We don't. And they are disregarding safety----yet they actually recommend not allowing 2 over age 60 guys in the same cockpit. Why is that? No one can answer that.
Bye Bye--General Lee
Guys, let's not turn this into a hate WN-fest. This is about age 60.
The LUV boys voted about 60:40 back in 2003 to push for this to change. They've added about 1500 pilots since then. I doubt they would pass this today. They are afraid of a vote.
Too bad you isolate yourselves as a group of tools, not getting on board with the brotherhood and career objectives of every other pilot in the industry.
The current rule has no merit or any basis in fact for its existence. It was not put in place for safety and if it did not exist today there is no way that it would pass.
Does age play a role in the possibility of one slumping over in the cockpit? Of course it does. The proposed change allows a cautious move towards having older pilots in the cockpit, one day at a time. If you think that safety is an issue here, you should be happy that they are limiting the cockpit to only a single pilot over 60.
Again, state the facts for your safety arguement when you come up with some.
Too bad you isolate yourselves not getting on board with the brotherhood and career objectives of every other pilot in the industry.
I guess you totally overlooked why ICAO changed the rule in the first place. Not to help out old farts, but rather they have a pilot shortage over in Europe. You and I both know old pilots have problems with time zones, multiple legs, and night vision/ depth perception. If you don't know that, then you are one. Wake up old man. Now I know why you are so against this. And, with all of your new pilots that you have hired as of late (1500), how would they vote today if you put one up? I bet I know---they want you OUT. See ya. That is a fact, JACK.(Pssss. It is hard to come up with "facts" when not everyone goes to the same doctor---did you ever think of that? I bet some pilots have friends as doctors, and they probably don't do tough medicals? You think?)
Bye Bye---General Lee
I have to hand it to you SWA guys; you really stick up for each other.
Too bad you isolate yourselves as a group of tools, not getting on board with the brotherhood and career objectives of every other pilot in the industry.