Originally Posted by
Flyfalcons
Hard for an experienced pilot to bend metal when they are too old to legally take the trip. Sorry, old pilots are a drain on what we do. Pilots know this. Management knows this. FDAC knows this. At some point, pilots need to hang up the headset.
Especially in a very dynamic environment like NJA has. I'm not necessarily saying anything one way or the other over a retirement age "number", but there needs to be some cognitive testing done as age advances. Not some BS simulator ride where the gouge gets out and you're the only plane in the sky etc. Something that is done by mental health professionals. Flame away, but biology is biology. Some hold on better than others and this a way to prove it. You have it or you lost it. Some by age 45 are checked out, and I have seen guys in their 70s holding on well.