Originally Posted by FutureMajor8

Look what someone posted on the Pilots for Age 67 Facebook Group. Let’s dissect and discuss all the flaws with this argument.

If they really want to mentor inexperienced pilots, make the age 67 carve out for 76 passenger jets and below. They can go mentor at the regionals.

How exactly would’ve age 67 prevented Colgan?


"I've never seen icing conditions. I've never deiced. I've never seen any- I've never experienced any of that. I don't want to have to experience that and make those kinds of calls. You know I'dve freaked out. I'dve have like seen this much ice and thought oh my gosh we were going to crash."
- The First Officer of Colgan Air Flight 3407 from the CVR transcript. 4 minutes and 25 seconds later, as the aircraft was stalling, she raised the flaps without command from the Captain and contrary to all common sense. This action made it impossible to recover from the stall. Just minutes prior to her above statement, she had been discussing her lack of experience (just 1600 hours) and her decision to upgrade to Captain, for which she was already eligible. Senator Chuck Schumer often describes his loyalty to the families of Colgan Flight 3407 and his desire to defend aviation safety. In aligning with ALPA, APA and other unions who are seeking to maintain their collective bargaining leverage by opposing Age 67 and thereby perpetuating a pilot shortage, Senator Schumer and others opposing Age 67 are accomplishing the exact opposite. Pilots who will retire at age 65 over the next few years will leave with millions of hours of flight experience at a time when America's cockpits need them most. The flying public should be aware of this truth.