Originally Posted by
dmeg13021
You keep saying this, as in “50% of pilots over 60 are on LTD” which is demonstrably false.
Do you mean to more correctly state that 50% of pilots *at some point in their DAL career* will go on LTD for some time period, with most coming back to being fully cleared and flying for the remainder of their career, and some small percentage staying on LTD until retirement?
In UALs most senior category (DEN 787 CA) there are 3/80 that are on LTD. So just wondering if DAL’s industry-leading LTD is so good that it’s making pilots unable to fly.
When the retirement age was 60 historically half would not make it to that age. That was spot on for my class. Guys get fired, quit, retire early and end up on disability. Based on my projections verses where I retired that number was pretty accurate across the board.