pilot death rates

[jpeace02]

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.

 

[viper548]

The death rates probably have more to do with how many ex wives you have

 

[densoo]

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.

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?

 

[Big Beer Belly]

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.

You've bought into some internet BS. There's no correlation that you refer to in the pilot profession. I've forgotten the particulars, but the guy who primarily negotiated our last contract wrote a thorough article debunking your assertion and its probable origin.

It's the same assertion that pilots die from a greater incidence of cancer. The FACTS simply DO NOT support that assertion, despite internet lore.

 

[SplitBar]

ALPA published a study a few years ago regarding night cargo and featured Fed Ex Pilots. Over the past 20 years, the average duration of pension payout once a Fed Ex pilot retires is less than 3 years.

 

[jonjuan]

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.

You looking to marry a 63 YO retiree with a fat pension hoping to score in a few years when he kicks it?

 

[JetDude]

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

 

[Andy Neill]

A Bureau of Labor Statistics report released in 2005 said that airplane pilots (including bush pilots, crop dusters, airline pilots, etc.) tied loggers for having the highest on the job death rate at 92.4 per 100,000 vs a national worker average death rate of of 10 per 100,000.

http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/26/pf/jobs_jeopardy/

While I have seen mortaility tables broken out by age, race, and gender, I haven't seen one for occupation.

 

[Mamma]

You've bought into some internet BS. There's no correlation that you refer to in the pilot profession. I've forgotten the particulars, but the guy who primarily negotiated our last contract wrote a thorough article debunking your assertion and its probable origin.

It's the same assertion that pilots die from a greater incidence of cancer. The FACTS simply DO NOT support that assertion, despite internet lore.

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/bmj;325/7364/567

A little higher on skin and prostate cancer for gummers but overall nothing drastic.

 

[bluefin]

Read an article the other day that said the average life span of someone who retires at 65, lives to be 66.234 years of age. If you retired at 60, you would live to around, 75.663 years. How about that you over 60 boys?

 

[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!)