Kirby was quoted saying that 36% of United pilots age 64 were out on medical (or perhaps it was medical and voluntary early retirement). I’m sure that number goes up exponentially with age so this proposal could end costing more with the airlines footing the bill for pilots aged 65-67 who are out on disability. This also affects those of us with “loss of medical” insurance by jacking up our premiums.

Then we have all the costs of buying off trips for the WB international pilots if ICAO doesn’t change.

All of this so we can fly mostly empty RJs to airports within 100 miles of another all subsidized by an overspent government.

Meanwhile the real problem, ATC, doesn’t get addressed.