I really do not understand why we need an age limit at all. When I was a kid, Jim Rockford looked like this impossibly old man, despite the fact that the actor was 45 years old.
When I finally was that age, I didn't look anything like him.
These days people are healthier and we live longer. What IS needed is REAL FAA medicals, ones that really test you. I guarantee you that if we did this then we would have 70-75 year olds on the seniority list.
And a whole lot of 40-60 types GONE~
Sounds good to me. As a Republican conservative, I believe in letting the hardest workers work and achieve the greatest benefits. If I run 5 miles per day and are healthy as a result but some fat porkalard can't and as such loses his medical....Well then that is life, too bad so sad. Enjoy our Fedex retirement. The one that the AFL-CIO ensures you have...