Originally Posted by
LeeMat
1953-1988...Britain, Canada, Argentina? Copy...drinking, smoking, horrendously crappy diet and zero exercise, flying on the back side of the clock...got it. "Back in the day" guys died really young, got it.
There are a number of studies that have profiled aerospace employees and their expected longevity; suffice-it-to say...we're likely ahead of where guys were 25-30 years ago.
Just sayin'...