Originally Posted by
FoxHunter
The fact is that the laws of this country protect citizens from discrimination due to gender, race, and age. In the case of age only persons age 40 or older are protected. With a little more experience you may not have pilots taking off from the wrong, unlit runway, killing all their passengers.
... or deciding to land on an icy runway with a tailwind with almost zero margin for error, and then taking 17 seconds to get the thrust reversers deployed. AFTER discussing the landing conditions with dispatch TWICE enroute.
You can point to individual accidents as much as you like, but the statistics show a definite rise starting in the mid-50s.