Originally Posted by
keiundraj
Age as it applies to decision making skills still have no relevance IMO. At age 25 I've seen better decisions be made by people younger people than guys way older than I. I'm sure there's some 18, 19, 20 year old kids who's had to make tougher decisions in life than most 29year olds? Alot of people lives these days are guided by parents, peers, magazines and what other suggest.
Yes I agree to the latter half of your retort and there will ALWAYS be acceptions to the rule. In general folks with more real world experience, the kind that comes with age, tend to be better decision makers ( and of course there are acceptions to this as well).
Candidates for President, on average, tend to be much older because the feeling is the stately, older person has more experience in life to make the important decisions.
Listen, I'm not here to bash the early 20 something pilots. I've flown with some folks in their very early 20's that were really solid in their skills and decisions. All I'm saying is that history has shown us that experience gained over years, decades, better prepares us for the extreme challenges that life seems to like to throw at us. Again, there are acceptions to the rule.