Originally Posted by
Ebola
I don’t know how to tell you this Rick - but you’re just flat out wrong. The data doesn’t back up what you’re saying and neither does my experience. We’re both talking about the same thing I assume ? First world western democracies right ? Use the list in the attached article for a starting point. A forty year old Air France pilot isn’t sitting in a smoky bar on the Marseilles wharf huffing cigarettes.
To your last point - I’ve lived in four of them, and I don’t mean living and working out of a U.S. base with a PX. That's not the same thing. You’re in a bubble.
No, I'm not talking about specific first world western democracies (yes we know Scandinavians are probably healthier).
I'm talking about the world in general, including Asia, Africa, ME, East Europe, Med countries, etc.
Point being that I don't consider global population health statistics as valid for determining our career longevity, because people like to quote those way out of context, ie the average life span of a new born in a war-torn failed African state is not relevant to my cognitive health at age 56, 67, or 70.
Analysis needs to be done on US pilots, in the year 2025. Not 1955, not the global population. In a pinch US upper middle class would work. Maybe you need to adjust for gender, and maybe girls get a different FAA age? Although that would never synch with ICAO.