Originally Posted by
TiredSoul
Gimme a break.
Knock yourself out.
Originally Posted by
TiredSoul
So again, the 65+ will be assigned domestic routes out of seniority because they can’t fly International?
Wide body Captains will be displaced to domestic narrow body?
Will it be narrow body pay?
Not really relevant. The question is one of whether a pilot over age65 can continue to fly. Not of pay. Not of seniority. Not of 121 time, and not even what seat the pilot sits in, whether right or left.
The industry sees very few 64.5 year old pilots seeking to start their career. You can admit that much, right?
There was no valid reason to force retirement at age 60.
There is no valid reason to force it at 65.
There's nothing magic about 67 either.
I just spoke with a gentleman who retires in a few months. I asked what he thought of continuing on to 67. "I'm done now," he said. I want to be home. My wife wants me home." Raising the age to 67 wouldn't change that for him. He's finishing at 65, regardless. Raising the age to 67 forces no one to stay longer, and does't permit those to remain, who can't. It enables those who are able, and who choose to do so, to continue to fly.
Originally Posted by
TiredSoul
Define experienced? More than 10 years 121?
Irrelevant. Who cares how many years 121 that person has? Raising the age doesn't presume to dictate. Whether the person retired left seat or right is irrelevant. Whether the person is a senior captain or a new F/O is irrelevant. Whether the person spent 50 years in corporate and general aviation, or 135, or spraying crops is irrelevant. We have people from every mix in the 121 world at present, military to utility to suits and ties and grease and sweat. I used to fly in a 747 with the world's highest time (at the time) DC3 pilot. Great guy. He brought somethign different to the table than I did. We all do. The question is so often asked here that it's nearly nauseating: am I too old to do this, or that? Invariably, no, do what you want to do. This isn't about that. That isn't about this. This is about age, end of story.
Originally Posted by
TiredSoul
Somewhat different yet similar.
The Sport Pilot backfired spectacularly.
Intended to lower the threshold at the entry level and what it turned out to be was a lower threshold at exit level.
Old geezers letting their medical expire so they were never ‘denied’ so they could continue being a danger to themselves and others.
Not remotely similar, and more than the similarities between the familiar duck and the bicycle; both having handlebars (except the duck). Non-sequitur, and irrelevant. This is about age. No expired medicals. No entry level anything. Pilots who are able, and who desire to continue to fly, having the ability to do so. Don't try to make it into a bicycle, or a duck.