Originally Posted by
Nachomamma
The real culprit here are the +65 pilots. First and foremost, they are detrimental to safety - and everyone knows it. They have higher health insurance costs and higher fatigue rates. Their industry peers don't exist as every airline in the universe abides by the SAFETY STANDARD provided by a mandatory retirement age...except for Netjets. Unless something change, NJ will see an accident because of this at some point in the near future. It's only a matter of time.
Once these greedy free loaders are gone...then you'll see a normal career progression here - in addition to a viable company long into the future having not had the crash that, without this change, is inevitably coming.
Winner, winner. Chicken dinner.
Why is it unsafe for a pilot to fly a 737 for Southwest the day after he turns 65 but he can trundle over to Clay Lacy, hop into a BBJ and go blasting around the planet until he croaks? Either it's safe or it isn't. PICK ONE.
The Fed missed a chance when they raised the age to 65 to make it the cutoff age for ALL COMMERCIAL FLYING.
And for those of you in the audience saying "you just want people out of a seat so you can move up," I'm ALREADY a large cabin PIC. I want the fossils to pull the plug because it is the SAFE and RIGHT thing to do.