Originally Posted by
Tesla S
This is jacassery at best… there was no maximum age at one point, then some arbitrary age 60 was applied…for reasons. Then a new arbitrary 65 was instituted.
We could use an update to the FAA medical process, but the majority of 65 year olds are still sharp and are able to continue. I say let move the age to 68 and update the medical certification standards.
Ummm, no.
I honestly don’t think that many people would continue to 67, many of us want to untie from work commitments and do other things long before that. I don’t intend to stay on a full schedule to 65 as it is.
This actually brings up an interesting idea. United could offer people 60+ a half-schedule, I bet a lot of pilots would be on board with sticking around longer if they didn’t need to fly so much in their sunset years.