Originally Posted by
symbian simian
I'm part of that "vast majority". I thought our generation was the one supposed to complain about young kids not being able to do math/know words.
Even when you totally disregard the "maybe" in the options, you get a plurality of 47% in favor of increasing, and 32% dead set against. That leaves 20% whose opinion we have no idea about, but because the way the question was framed could all be on favor of going back to age 60, leading to a majority of 52% against raising the age.
I'm in favor of raising the age, for purely selfish reasons. I am also in favor of a first class medical that actually tests for physical and mental health, and cognitive abilities.
The survey is only as valid as the audiences that answered it, which is probably largely not airline pilots, particularly younger ones, since it is from avweb.