Originally Posted by
FoxHunter
Received this copy of a email today,
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Last week, Capt. Brian McManus, a Delta 767ER pilot, landed at JFK, drove home to Conn. The next morning he was found dead. HE WAS 49 YEARS OLD. He missed passing away in flight by about 12 hours. Perhaps the mandatory age should be 49 ! By the way, Capt McManus was a staunch advocate of keeping the age at 60, since as he once told me, "60 is when you really start to become a health risk"
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FoxHunter, if you're proving anything, you're proving that the retirement age should be lowered, and if that's what you're trying to say, I agree with you 100%. The mandatory retirement age for pilots should be 55, not 65.