Originally Posted by
sailingfun
What you have is the same plan I heard from 99% of the pilots I flew with over my career. The percentages that actually left early outside of company ER offers was virtually zero. 90% or more of the pilots on here screaming about raising the age and how horrible it is will be screaming to raise the age when they are over 60. Some things never change. It's kind of like mergers. If DOH benefits you in a merger it's the absolutely only fair way to merge. Then the next merger comes and you benefit from a ratio. That then becomes the only fair way to merge.
I have a very similar hope to Chris (60 or so), but unless we fix how we handle healthcare in this country I will probably stick around until I can get Medicare. But the plan would be to taper off my flying down to 1 trip or so a month.