Originally Posted by
Moonbeam
The FAA has been going around to the airlines and paying pilots holding 1st and 2nd class medicals to take a cognitive test. Only problem is they have little data on pilots in their 60's because nobody that age signs up to take it.
I am still sure most of the airlines are caught up on their hiring and there isn't a real pilot shortage besides nobody wanting to be a regional airline captain. All I read about is a bunch of freighters sitting around with more pilots than needed and couple mergers on the passenger side that usually result in a few years with no need to hire.
There’s no data? New Zealand Australia had no mandatory retirement age for at least 10 years. New Zealand just had a pilot retire at 75 with no issues and a perfect safety and training record. Canada has no
retirement age. Yes, ALPA members at WestJet are flying above age 65. Japan has up to age 68 pilots flying g for sometime. Of what about all the over age 65 pilots in US flying fractional/135? . Yeah we have no data!
No pilot shortage? At United we have involuntary captain positions because of unfilled captain vacancies. Thats right new hires are being assigned captains. Yes, there is a pilot shortage!
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