Originally Posted by Skygirl
For those who think that pilots are overpaid (Skyhigh)The age 60 rule is precisely another reason why they deserve decent compensation.
Most people today in all walks of life will be damn lucky if they can retire at 65, yet alone 60. I still think that it's age discrimination though. If a pilot is in good physical shape and sharp on his skills, there is absolutely no reason why he should be grounded because of a birthday.
There is age discrimination everywhere. Sometimes it is unfair and sometimes it is justified. I want to be an air traffic controller but I'm to old. Their retirement age is 56 and you have to put a 25 year career in. So if you don't get hired by 31, you are out. Do I think that is fair? No. But those are the rules. I really don't want a controller that is vectoring me for an approach into EWR suddenly having a heart attack while me and a CAL 777 are heading right for each other. The same goes for pilots. As somebody once said on here before, there are a lot of parts on airplanes that are time limited. Meaning we don't run those parts till failure. The same holds true for pilots.