Originally Posted by
todd1200
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.
Now don't go putting words into my mouth. I did not say we don't need any FAA regulations did I? While age 65 is obviously flying related I really do not think we would see a bunch of old geezers crashing airplanes left and right. I have seen 50 year old guys fly like they were 90 and 80 year old guys fly like a 25 year old. Their is a first class medical required after all.
I argue that it can make it less safe. Here we are telling the most experienced captains they cannot fly any more. Effectively it can water down the experience level in the pilot community as a whole. And this is coming from a guy who is just getting in the door at 40. It's like the throwing stones in glass houses.