Living past 65 doing night freight?
06-20-2018 | 08:27 AM
#1
Thread Starter
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Oct 2015
Posts: 479
Likes: 0
From: Captain for Skyhawks
Living past 65 doing night freight?
Hello all,
Does anyone have any information about the percent of pilots that croak or don’t croak that do night flight after they retire.
Thanks. I hear a lot of rumors but don’t know how true they are or what’s factual.
Does anyone have any information about the percent of pilots that croak or don’t croak that do night flight after they retire.
Thanks. I hear a lot of rumors but don’t know how true they are or what’s factual.
06-20-2018 | 09:09 AM
#3
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 651
Likes: 0
From: Retired
If the rumors were true then none of us would be able to get life insurance.
06-20-2018 | 09:38 AM
#5
Gets Weekends Off
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 137
Likes: 0
People who die early probably had poor health and dietary habits to begin with, the backside of the clock flying probably didn’t help. Take care of yourself by eating and excersizing. Do doctors, police officers, nurses, 3rd shift guys all die early too?
06-20-2018 | 09:44 AM
#7
Prime Minister/Moderator
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 44,857
Likes: 658
From: Engines Turn or People Swim
Circadian disruption is known to be bad for your health, and a career of that will most likely take years off of your life (if something else doesn't get you first).
But flying night freight after age 65 is probably not going to matter much, because your material condition at that point depends much more on what you did for the last 45 years, and less on what you're going to do tonight. Also presumably as a semi-retiree without kids at home, you have some lifestyle flexibility and can stay mostly on the back side on your days off. The back side in and of itself isn't that bad, it's the flopping back and forth that hurts.
But flying night freight after age 65 is probably not going to matter much, because your material condition at that point depends much more on what you did for the last 45 years, and less on what you're going to do tonight. Also presumably as a semi-retiree without kids at home, you have some lifestyle flexibility and can stay mostly on the back side on your days off. The back side in and of itself isn't that bad, it's the flopping back and forth that hurts.
06-20-2018 | 10:27 AM
#10
Doing One Pilot's Job
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 7,883
Likes: 119
Average life expectancy of a man in the United States is 76.1 years.
While circadian changes are physically hard on the body, I'd bet cargo airline pilots don't have any statistically significant shorter life expectancy than passenger airline pilots.
A reasonable diet, regular exercise and a commitment to recovering sleep deficit impacts all airline pilots, not just freight dogs...
While circadian changes are physically hard on the body, I'd bet cargo airline pilots don't have any statistically significant shorter life expectancy than passenger airline pilots.
A reasonable diet, regular exercise and a commitment to recovering sleep deficit impacts all airline pilots, not just freight dogs...
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
