The gloves are off.

The VP of Ops issued an email today indicating NJ management supports a mandatory retirement age tied to the Part 121 age limit.

I actually agree although I’m not hip to the rule only applying to operators conducting more than 150,000 turbojet operations per year. If you hold out to the public under Part 135 or Part 91K, buh-bye at 65.

If you own a jet and don’t care that your pilot gums his food, by all means, hire a fossil.

I just spent three days on the line with the walking poster child for mandatory retirement. He couldn’t stay awake on a 90 minute flight in the middle of the day in a high density environment after a 28 hour layover in his home time zone. We won’t talk about the two night flights that sent him off to the Sandman. At 73, he lacks the intellectual honesty to know he is DONE. THAT is why we need a mandatory age.

And yes, I confronted him about it. And yes, I called FDAC about it. He’s been through it before....