Originally Posted by tomgoodman
It would increase the pool of active pilots, but a lot of them would jump out anyway, for reasons you and others have cited. If more guys realized how enjoyable retirement is, even with a greatly reduced income, there would be plenty of upward mobility for younger pilots. Yes, the recent pension-chopping has made some feel trapped on active duty, but many pilots don't appreciate just how well they could do in other fields, even in their 50s and 60s. Some who stayed longer than was prudent may now be reluctant to admit a mistake. But the earlier one makes a move, the better.
There are no tombstones with the inscription: "I wish I'd spent more time at the office".
Its been my experience, that generaly pilots do not make good businessmen, also my experience is that once airline pilots no longer HAVE to do medicals every 6 months, they seem to just sucumb to lazy bad habits, like retiring (lol) and flopping down in front of the tv, and vegetating. also in my world pilots DO NOT have docters "in thier back pockets" matter of fact i did a FAA medical for only the 2nd time in 38 years in feb, at a doc in orlando, who gave me a blasting because my BP was 140/80 and he didn`t like the 140 bit
