Originally Posted by
CompetentFool
I realize this seems to be common knowledge (that we die earlier than the average Joe) and it makes good fodder on a forum. But I'd like to see the scientific study that shows we actually die before our friends outside the industry. Also, are dying before our comrades at Delta/United/American as well? If there's a legit scientific study proving this hypothesis, it needs to be made aware to all of us at FedEx.
I would like to see this too. It seems like it would be incredibly easy for both the union and the company to compile this information. But I doubt it would be beneficial to the company to release the statistics. However, it would be appreciated---to either put the rumors to rest, or give us information that might help us protect our health. When are people dying, and what from? We would like to know that.
A few years back when we were doing the ground school courses in conjunction with CMV1, one of our instructors seemed to have the data, that he declared as fact. He said we were dying at an average age 64, and FedEx generally didn't have to provide retirement funds for more than a couple of years. So was he full of it, or does someone have the data?
It is pretty believable to me. I am weary of hearing of some otherwise healthy guy just died in his fifties, from causes unknown, sudden heart attack, or an unusual disease. I don't want to hear about another woman getting cancer. It's just too many people, and the obituaries I want to read are about a pilot dying after a long life in his or her nineties. Not in their fifties.