Originally Posted by
Boeing Aviator
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!
Next!
Those unfilled slots at United have nothing to do with a shortage, lets not pretend otherwise. They are due to the QoL hit for a senior FO to take them.
As for your other points, sure there is data out there, fair point, but raising the age just screws everyone but those refusing to retire. Ask any Netjet FO how long their upgrade is, something like 15-20 years because you have 75 year olds still flying.