I have a close relative who was recently forced to retire due to age, and I think the world is better for it . . . even though he was a “great” pilot and had a “perfect” career.

Why do I think it’s a good thing? Because he has no attention span in real life, he has to drink like a fish so he can sleep and when he’s not flying his mind is always 1,000 miles ahead of (or behind) his body.

His complaint is not the lost income (he says he’ll do about the same), but that less experienced pilots will lower the level of “safety.” First of all, if it’s not written in a manual, or given to him in training, he’s as blind as an OLD bat! But mostly, the truth is he just hates loosing the power he feels when he puts on a uniform, flirts with the stewardesses, “steps on the gas” and has 200 million dollars worth of machine and passengers under his control.

It’s about TIME he slowed down, mowed his own lawn and talked to his mother!