Age limit on corporate flying?
#21
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This is why we have a:
1) medical exam every 6 months,
2) we have recurrent training in a simulator at as often as every 6 months,
3) we are required to have quarterly continuing education and
4) we have line checks every 24 months.
So it appears we are constantly being reviewed for our performance both technically as well as cognitively. Sounds like a pretty good program.
All the best,
OC
#24
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You are correct, there is a need to provide a higher duty for the care and safety of our passengers, our crew and others.
This is why we have a:
1) medical exam every 6 months,
2) we have recurrent training in a simulator at as often as every 6 months,
3) we are required to have quarterly continuing education and
4) we have line checks every 24 months.
So it appears we are constantly being reviewed for our performance both technically as well as cognitively. Sounds like a pretty good program.
All the best,
OC
This is why we have a:
1) medical exam every 6 months,
2) we have recurrent training in a simulator at as often as every 6 months,
3) we are required to have quarterly continuing education and
4) we have line checks every 24 months.
So it appears we are constantly being reviewed for our performance both technically as well as cognitively. Sounds like a pretty good program.
All the best,
OC
1) Medical exams every 6 months
2) Recurrent training once a year
3) Line checks once a year
4) A Fitness For Duty program
And yet, a 74 year old narcoleptic without a shred of intellectual honesty or self-awareness was allowed to keep flying (and sleeping in the cockpit), year after year, despite having been through ALL of the above.
And he's not the outlier. The 70+, sharp-as-a-tack, wonderpilot is the outlier.
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You are correct, there is a need to provide a higher duty for the care and safety of our passengers, our crew and others.
This is why we have a:
1) medical exam every 6 months,
2) we have recurrent training in a simulator at as often as every 6 months,
3) we are required to have quarterly continuing education and
4) we have line checks every 24 months.
So it appears we are constantly being reviewed for our performance both technically as well as cognitively. Sounds like a pretty good program.
All the best,
OC
This is why we have a:
1) medical exam every 6 months,
2) we have recurrent training in a simulator at as often as every 6 months,
3) we are required to have quarterly continuing education and
4) we have line checks every 24 months.
So it appears we are constantly being reviewed for our performance both technically as well as cognitively. Sounds like a pretty good program.
All the best,
OC
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#27
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There simply must be a backstop and it must come from the regulating agency.
#28
My employer had an employee with a corroborated, obvious, and very serious issue and did not remove him from the line. “Case by case” simply doesn’t work in light of the sheer number of pilots affected, the realities of the union requirement to defend every pilot, and potential legal liability the company is unwilling to risk.
There simply must be a backstop and it must come from the regulating agency.
There simply must be a backstop and it must come from the regulating agency.
#29
Yes. It can't assess stamina, or any but the most obvious cognitive impairment.
I agree, without that employers' hands are tied by age discrimination laws. Cheaper to buy insurance than pay lawyers and lawsuits for an intentional tort (which is much harder to insure against than a plane crash). If not a hard age limit, they could do a cog assessment for those over 65. That would have the added benefit of allowing trend analysis as you age.
I agree, without that employers' hands are tied by age discrimination laws. Cheaper to buy insurance than pay lawyers and lawsuits for an intentional tort (which is much harder to insure against than a plane crash). If not a hard age limit, they could do a cog assessment for those over 65. That would have the added benefit of allowing trend analysis as you age.
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