Originally Posted by
FlyingKat
I say good for him. This industry is the only one where age discrimination is still legal. As long as you can pass the physical and your PCs, when you retire should be up to the individual, not some bureaurcrat in DC. And before you ask, I'm not anywhere near mandatory retirement, and I'm not interested in getting someone else's job just because they were forced to retire....
Get a clue. It is not the only industry which requires mandatory retirement at a certain age. Some examples off the top of my head: FBI and other federal agents (57), ATC controllers (56- with certain exceptions), some states Supreme Court Justices, Federsl Psrk Rangers, etc. etc....
But the requirement aside, I'd rather not be flying on a plane with an 80 year old pilot, even if he/she was healthy and sound of mind. I don't want to share the roads with them, let alone the skies.