Originally Posted by
cactipilot
I had a hypothesis a while ago that a high percentage of 60+'ers would start losing their medicals before even reaching 65 thus mitigating the (however slight) trickle the 65 rule caused 5 years ago- anybody seen it happen from personal experience on the line? (diabetes, blood pressure, etc)
At our place exactly ONE post 60 pilot had medical problems. During that time TWO of my classmates, both under 55 were grounded for medical issues.