ALPA (and other pilot assosciations/unions) knows each of their pilots age, work status (active or retired) and typically date of death.

They could easily release summary data on:

- the avg age of retirement (...which they do, and it's supposedly 62.5)

- the avg age of death after retirement

This data could easily be sub-divided into:

- Cargo vs Pax

- Pre Dec 2007 avgs vs. Post Dec 2007 avgs


They don't need to take any political positions.

Just provide pilots the summary data, and then let us draw our own conclusions regarding the most logical type of flying to pursue and the age to retire.

But please, provide us the actual data....we can't get it any other way.



(p.s. I don't think flying at night, or continuing to fly as we get older and older, increases our longevity --- but I may be wrong )