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Old 05-26-2017, 06:18 PM
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filejw
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Originally Posted by RI830 View Post
Just as one is required to take a driving test after a certain age and risk, these 80+ yr old FA's need to be able to demonstrate the Easy Victor tasks within the required time or hang it up. Its not age discrimination....its protection of the general flying public. These older FA's could actually become a liability in the event of a real emergency.
If a younger lad can't complete the training tasks cause of who knows why....they will be washed out of training cause they are a risk to the general safety.
People must accept and own up to the fact they can't do things they once could and thats called life.

Thanks for your service, its time to move on to something else that you can find joy in.

On the flip side of this argument, years back we had a guy (old Eastern scab guy) flip his lid that two less than 30 yr olds were flying a Legacy 600 together. He couldn't fathom that the 6000+ hours in type that we had was safe enough.
Actually they do go thru recurrent once year and if they fail the check ride they do get tossed if retraining is unsuccessful.. More common for a younger person to fail than an old timer.
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