Senator Santorum's response to S. 65

[FoxHunter]

Fact is you don't know how old they were foxhunter. One thing is certain though, those drivers all thought they were safe. They could drive just as well as any young 'un. Heck, they could drive better than any young 'un, mostly because of all their vast experience, knowledge and skill. Crash!

ICAO Report,

On the contrary, studies conducted in Japan (1990) and United States (1993) both gave indication that pilots’ retirement age could safely be increased by several years, and a very recent study of 165 commuter aircraft accidents in the United States between 1983 and 1997 points to no notable differences between the age groups except that the percentage of crashes involving pilot error decreased somewhat with age, being lowest for pilots between 58 and 63. The over-all conclusion was that neither the prevalence nor the pattern of aircraft accidents change significantly as age increases from the 40s to the SOs and early 60s. In another recent study in the United States, a cohort of more than 3 300 commuter and air taxi pilots, who were between 45 and 54 years old in 1987, were followed for eleven years. No age-related increase in crash risk was shown, but the risk of crash decreased by half among pilots with more than 5 000 flying hours at baseline. In Japan, in a study of its 60-63 year-old airline pilots, it was found that none had been involved in an accident during the ten-year study period (1992- 2001) while during the same period 323 accidents including twenty-seven airline accidents had been reported to the authorities.

 

[PurpleInMEM]

So what's the current status of these bills? Stuck in committee?

I for one believe the vocal minority (which is the usual process in this kountry) will win on this one and that I have to prepare myself mentally to do this job for 5 more, long years. I'm sure AM hubturning at the age of 64 will feel great. Instead of dying 5 years after retirement, I'll die 1 month before my 65th birthday having never collected a dime of Fred's A fund.

If nothing else the company's negotiations to lower our A fund multiplier should be entertaining.

But at least the furloughed guys will be out 5 more years. Senators and old guys supporting this don't seem to care about them and certainly won't address their needs or even their existence.

Maybe the motto of the pro-change crowd should be, "Got mine! Got yours?"