pilot death rates

[Filkster]

Our (frozen) A-plan pays an annuity. If you take the lump sum payout and divide it by the monthly annuity payout, it is 13 years. This was based on old retirement age of 60, so I'd say about 73. Maybe?

Pilots that work to 65 will die at a younger age than those that retired at 60. A win win, they get used longer and collect less money during retirement.
RF

 

[Mach 80]

Sorry to burst your bubble but these studies you guys read about dying sooner because of flying to age 65 or just because you are an airline pilot are complete urban legend and shown to be total falsehoods. Dr. Sing Lin's and Cheng's "studies" have now been shown to be total garbage unless you are slaving in some cruel manaul Chinese coal mine.

Many people actually go into decline when they retire. They miss the comraderie, fellowship, friends, and the mental stimulation and sense of purpose of work. There is now a school of thought that working longer means a longer life for you.

http://www.geocities.com/dtmcbride/health/retirement_age.html

http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/empinfo/benefits/pension/seminars/Rumor.pdf

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/4286.html

"I am now 61, forced to retire from the airlines last year, now flying for the U.S. Army. I feel great, love my job, enjoying life and have no intentions of retiring any time soon. Thirty years ago retirement appeared to be the ultimate situation. I tried the retiree lifestyle for about two months, missed flying terribly and discovered that boredom could be a fast track to early death."

Most of us have probably made observations that people who retire early, too often die early. Early retirement clearly appears to be unnatural for healthy people. People tend to deteriorate faster if they stop being productive especially after an active life long profession. “Early Retirement May Mean Earlier Death”--- Primary source: British Medical Journal Source reference: http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/PublicHealth/tb/1980
"Age at retirement and long-term survival of an industrial population: prospective cohort study," BMJ, published online Oct. 20, 2005. “…Study found that retiring at age 55 was associated with an almost two-fold greater risk of dying compared with employees who postponed retirement until their 60s…investigators found that embarking on the Golden Years at age 55 doubled the risk for death before reaching age 65, compared with those who toiled beyond age 60…”

 

[Mach 80]

Retire when ya want. Age 39 if you want. Don't fall for "studies" etc on the internet or you'll turn into my great Aunt...a whack job who blindly believes and gets excited about everything she reads on the internet. Some of you guys are as big a sucker as she is.

 

[MED]

There's a study about jetlagged rats die young.

 

[Occam's Razor]

There's a study about jetlagged rats die young.

Where's they find double-breasted uniforms to fit them?

That's a joke!

(Don't staple me, bro!)

 

[jhill]

sorry for the morbid post. i've heard that pilots die earlier than other professionals but i can't seem to find the articles. can someone post a good source? and if possible the cargo pilot numbers as well. i know there is a correlation between earlier retirement versus late but i'm more concerned specfically with pilots. thanks.

We die young because most of us are severe drunks.

 

[jke406]

We die young because most of us are severe drunks.

never a truer word on this forum...

 

[MINIME]

We die young because most of us are severe drunks.

Or, because we have more wife and less money!:laugh:

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Pilot death rates are 100%...immortailty even escapes those on FI.

General Lee will somehow continue to post after his death but probably not after Delta's death.

 

[capt1900]

Pilot death rates are 100%...immortailty even escapes those on FI.

Speak for yourself, I plan on living forever! That's about how long it will take to get my class date at SWA.