Originally Posted by
Denver
Since when did we begin to think it was ok for the government to tell us when we had to retire, what wages we got, when we could start work, etc.
Or how many hours we could work in a day, how long our rest periods had to be, when we could drink alcohol, what kind of medications we could take, or what kind of equipment had to be operational on our airplanes. Aviation is regulated because individual pilots would make stupid decisions and passengers would pay with their lives.