Originally Posted by
CX500T
No but I guess you are an oncologist, who consulted with a cardiologist, who then consulted with an actuary and AAM-300 in OKC?
Also my PhD dissertation required a lot of probability analysis. I might be slightly qualified to comment on said probability being that I have been living in this Frankenstein like body put together by Walter Reed for years and I know the long term effects of some of the medications they put in me to kerp me alive.
Add on to that a major cardiac issue, requiring a very invasive SI, that is highly likely to recur around 60-65.
67 will move the chance for me to go WBA 1-2 years down the road which greatly diminishes the probability of it ever happening.
We are similar in both seniority and age, but I don’t have nearly as complicated of a medical history as you.
To me the main advantage of 67 is the 2 extra years of disability if I loose my medical. For you that benefit seems much more probable to utilize than the average pilot.
I’m against 67, but I do see some benefits. I’m curious if in your situation the risk of loosing your medical out weighs the risk of not being a WB A?
Also, just echoing what another poster said. You have got to have the most interesting stories. Slightly better than the captain I flew with whose previous job was flying a rock band around the world.