Originally Posted by
IrishSkies
One question, were you MANAGEMENT?
Kind of making me wonder, here. A little unrealistic, saying that the average pilot lives to his 80's to early 90's. Not even close, even from his own list. Just going through the first 50 or so...most pilots were dying in their seventies, with plenty dying in their fifties and sixties. Yes, some guys made it to their eighties and even some in their nineties, but that was not the average pilot. Most of those guys probably didn't even fly for FedEx for more than a short time, if at all.
Even passenger carrier pilots have a shorter lifespan than the average American. Look at MD11 Hog's link, for just one example. Thinking that we don't have this problem is wishful thinking, if not delusional.