Originally Posted by
Sailaway
Nacho and others,
Safety has never been part of age limits. It was politics in the beginning (Crandal at AA and his buddy at the CAA) and it still is. If safety is your goal, tighten up the 1st class medical. There are some younger guys out there I would not want my family flying with.
WRONG. Expert medical witness after witness testified (Exxon case) in court in favor of the fact that cognitive decline and the risk of sudden incapacitation increase exponentially with age (specially age 60). The idea that this was always a purely political argument is utterly rediculous. Pilots your age cling to this argument because it helps satisfy your agenda of justifying catastrophic risk so you make can money. That's it.
In terms of averages: younger pilots you wouldn't want your family flying with? A few. Elderly pilots you wouldn't want your family flying with? Essentially all of them. Think big picture here old timer. It's no longer safe for you to be here. Get out.