Originally Posted by calcapt

Welcome bluffmaster. It is true that as pilots get older the companies get more tired of them. After turning 50, airlines begin to reduce the pay of their pilots until, at age 59, they are only making 10 percent of what they made 9 years ago. The airlines take all this money and gives it to the young pilots in annual bonus checks which are distributed on the third Sunday of each November. The young pilots are then expected to save this money so that when they are 59 they will not have to suffer financially. See how this works!