As my last flight surgeon said after losing 40#s without excersize....portion control.

 

" Exercise is important and it helps establish healthy sleep patterns.

Healthy sleep patterns have nothing to do with Freight flying. There is no such thing. No matter how well you exercise or eat.

That's the whole point of this thread.


Stimpson

 

Pftt.. I’ve crossed the Atlantic 4 times in a week. Done the same crossing the Pacific. Been around the world ( literally) twice in two weeks. Not unusual at my company.

 

in my 14 years at FDX I have amassed 2810 hours, which comes to a whopping 16.7 a month. I think that might offset the night flying effects.

 

Not sure who is how old on this thread. But, I will own my age. 62 and closing in on the age where the FAA has deemed I am too darn old to fly. Poppycock! (I know better words, but APC won’t let me use them).

It is genuinely about your satisfaction with life. Happy folks live longer. I still look forward to jumping in the jet and seeing a new place. Happens often at K4. I never run, but do walk extensively and lift a few days each week. Not looking to be Rambo, but want to be able to climb the stairs with my bags and not embarrass myself.

I tend to agree with the earlier poster that if the FAA made the mandatory retirement dependent on passing a real physical, old boys like me could keep chugging for a long time past 65. ‘Cuz we like what we do. It isn’t about the $. It is just about enjoying going to work. Enjoying the fun of flying. Isn’t that what got us all in this career in the first place?

 

Sodium intake is a big factor too. My blood pressure was creeping up until I stopped eating the cold cuts and sandwiches. I’m not 40 yet. Pretty much everything we get except for fruit is covered in high sodium sauces or comes from a can.

 

Money and not wanting to work in a cubicle. I could fly to the same city everyday for the right pay and actually did for the first 15yrs at ABX . I am guessing everbody who goes to work because they love it...would quit if they stopped paying them.

 

Would be very difficult to get that information unless some entity would be willing to divulge it, the Union would be one place that might know, the insurance companies and the company might be unwilling to provide it. There is nothing weird about your question, just that some here want to read between the lines and spin your question.

 

Witness the other commercial pilots in USA that are flying well past 65 , Corporate pilots, Charter pilots, etc., the part 121 thing is an animal of its own right. We are blessed to have an occupation that we love to do, but I have to admit at my age near you, I am getting tired of packing my bags and climbing those stairs ....................