Originally Posted by
Whiskeyjet1
No, it’s both safety and fairness. 63 seems to be the magic number where some folks really decline rapidly. A small percentage to be sure, but significant. It’s a problem that would grow exponentially if we change the age to 67.
It’s also not fair for folks who benefited from mandatory retirement age their whole career to get two bonus years at the very top of the heap, while most of us will lose those two years because I won’t be flying that long I promise you.
You'll be just like 99% of the pilots. When you hit your late 50s you'll take stock of your health, your spouses health, your finances, and the mandatory retirement age at that time -- then make an ongoing decision about how long you'll stay.