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Originally Posted by RockBottom
Pilots fighting age-60 rule
Airlines join to support bid to change retirement
Suzanne Marta
Dallas Morning News
Mar. 28, 2005 12:00 AM
Now, some pilots and airlines are challenging the federal rule that was drafted for safety reasons in 1959, putting the so-called age-60 rule to the test.
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Typical pitiful “reporting”! It is REALLY too bad that Marta, and most of the others reporting on this, don’t do their research and due diligence before spouting such TRIPE! ANYONE who has looked into Age 60 KNOWS it had NOTHING to do with “safety” !
The CEO of American Airlines, CR Smith, in collusion with the first appointed head of the brand New FAA, Gen. Pete Quesada, conjured up the Age 60 rule out of thin air, to solve a “management” problem Mr. Smith had with his curmudgeonly senior captains. Smith was weary of dealing with his senior “labor problems” and felt that these old goats were incapable of making the transition from recips to jets -and Quesada wanted to show the Congress that he could “accomplish” something. He wielded SO much power at the fledgeling Agency that he ran Age 60 through without the benefit of even one Congressional Hearing!
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Federal Aviation Administration officials say they're open to seeing new research.
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Another CROCK. When did they EVER look into any “research” -in the 1st place!
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Yetman, a former Southwest pilot who now ferries empty planes for extra income, noted that many people don't want to face penalties for tapping Social Security benefits before age 65.
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New Subject: I wonder if Mr. Yetman, or any of the aforementioned “many people” have even done the math? I have (I start collecting next month) and you would have to be an idiot to NOT start taking the money early, at age 62. For the measly $300+- per month difference , you would have to live a LOT beyond the actuarial designated ‘national average’ to make waiting until full retirement age worth it.
The real issue, plain and simple. . is Age Discrimination! Especially in light of the fact that 60+ year old folks are a LOT healthier today than their counterparts were in 1959! It was Age Discrimination THEN . . it is compounded NOW!
If you have not studied the history of Age 60, your eyes will be opened. (
http://www.avweb.com/news/columns/182090-1.html)