Originally Posted by
joepilot50
Failing a ride does not mean they are not safe.
Want to be that rigid, hope you never busted 250 knots below 10K even by 1 knot. Fired! Not a safe pilot because you can't manage the energy state of your plane.
If your point is both sides have their selfish reasons and latching onto a catchy argument to justify their position, then I am with you. But if you're serious that a failed ride should entail termination, then GTFO. You're no better than those that advocated for single pilot ops, return of astronaut physicals, etc to inflict as much damage to the next generations careers just because they didn't get their way with Age 67 with their BS arguments.
Failing a recurrent ride speaks much more to safety than a arbitrary birthday for someone who is still consistently passing checkrides/medicals/etc
What I am clearly saying is trying to conflate “safety”to get someone more money is transparent to anyone who enjoys an above 82 IQ and independent thought.
Want to improve “safety”, presuming it needs improving, best place to tighten stuff up is on recurrent checkrides.
However BOTH sides don’t want that because it ain’t actually about being scared for safety, heck it’s not even about safety.