Originally Posted by
iahflyr
In a presidential election, sometimes you have to pick the lesser of two evils, and unfortunately, the Tea Party scares the absolute crap out of me. That and the fact that most Republicans are against gay marriage. Talk about discrimination. Imagine how stupid those congressmen will look in 40 years. For the record, i'm happily married with 2 kids.
Mandatory retirement ages don't exist to discriminate in the way Jim Crow laws did (in reference to those pictures). They exist for the safety of the flying public based on what we know about aging.
Furthermore, if you eliminate mandatory retirement ages from this profession, you're going to have to eliminate the seniority system or.. alter it dramatically.