Go Back  Airline Pilot Central Forums > Airline Pilot Forums > Fractional
Fractionals and pilot age. >

Fractionals and pilot age.

Notices
Fractional NetJets, FlexJet, etc

Fractionals and pilot age.

Old 05-22-2017, 06:02 PM
  #51  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Dec 2005
Position: FE, FO, CAPT.
Posts: 200
Default

Originally Posted by Ni hao View Post
I know of several retired pilots age 75+ who are APPLYING to Netjets LOL
Well, at least they won't jump ship for the airlines.
mooneymite is offline  
Old 05-22-2017, 06:16 PM
  #52  
Banned
 
Joined APC: Jan 2013
Posts: 1,919
Default

Originally Posted by mooneymite View Post
Well, at least they won't jump ship for the airlines.
They also won't lift bags.
Jetlife is offline  
Old 05-23-2017, 01:54 AM
  #53  
Gets Weekends Off
 
galaxy flyer's Avatar
 
Joined APC: May 2010
Position: Baja Vermont
Posts: 5,168
Default

Originally Posted by Nachomamma View Post
Wrong. It's the business of his poor unsuspecting passengers who didn't sign up to become a smoking crater just because this greedy old codger loves money too much to admit he can't do the job safely anymore. But hey...he doesn't like golf so it must be ok. Screw everyone else - he got his.
What do you say about 80-year old flight attendants, of which there are quite a few? There was a director of aviation in Pro Pilot magazine claiming to be 85.

GF
galaxy flyer is offline  
Old 05-23-2017, 03:56 AM
  #54  
Gets Weekends Off
 
RI830's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Mar 2011
Position: Left seat on a kite
Posts: 1,884
Default

Originally Posted by galaxy flyer View Post
What do you say about 80-year old flight attendants, of which there are quite a few? There was a director of aviation in Pro Pilot magazine claiming to be 85.

GF
Just as one is required to take a driving test after a certain age and risk, these 80+ yr old FA's need to be able to demonstrate the Easy Victor tasks within the required time or hang it up. Its not age discrimination....its protection of the general flying public. These older FA's could actually become a liability in the event of a real emergency.
If a younger lad can't complete the training tasks cause of who knows why....they will be washed out of training cause they are a risk to the general safety.
People must accept and own up to the fact they can't do things they once could and thats called life.

Thanks for your service, its time to move on to something else that you can find joy in.

On the flip side of this argument, years back we had a guy (old Eastern scab guy) flip his lid that two less than 30 yr olds were flying a Legacy 600 together. He couldn't fathom that the 6000+ hours in type that we had was safe enough.
RI830 is offline  
Old 05-26-2017, 02:26 PM
  #55  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Jan 2017
Position: Pilot
Posts: 510
Default

Originally Posted by Aurora8 View Post
That is the nature of heart attacks: they are unpredictable. The only correlations are between smoking and stress; there is no research (contrary to popular opinion) that they, and heart disease in general, are related to factors such as cholesterol levels.
There is plenty of research regarding the link to heart disease and cholesterol levels.

http://pcrm.org/sites/default/files/...-Esselstyn.pdf


To answer the original post questions:

1. The oldest pilot I've flown with was in his mid to upper 70s.

2. There is no unwritten policy to get rid of elderly pilots at NetJets. In fact, it would seem there is a tendency to "stonewall" concerns about the ability of older pilots. We do have a program that allows for pilots to report when they concern with another pilot. The satisfaction rate of the program is debatable.

3. Nothing significant as far as financial compensation. There is a small severance given to older pilots with seniority and twice in recent memory the company has given voluntary separation compensation.

Last edited by AntiPeter; 05-26-2017 at 02:37 PM.
AntiPeter is offline  
Old 05-26-2017, 06:18 PM
  #56  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Mar 2006
Position: retired
Posts: 560
Default

Originally Posted by RI830 View Post
Just as one is required to take a driving test after a certain age and risk, these 80+ yr old FA's need to be able to demonstrate the Easy Victor tasks within the required time or hang it up. Its not age discrimination....its protection of the general flying public. These older FA's could actually become a liability in the event of a real emergency.
If a younger lad can't complete the training tasks cause of who knows why....they will be washed out of training cause they are a risk to the general safety.
People must accept and own up to the fact they can't do things they once could and thats called life.

Thanks for your service, its time to move on to something else that you can find joy in.

On the flip side of this argument, years back we had a guy (old Eastern scab guy) flip his lid that two less than 30 yr olds were flying a Legacy 600 together. He couldn't fathom that the 6000+ hours in type that we had was safe enough.
Actually they do go thru recurrent once year and if they fail the check ride they do get tossed if retraining is unsuccessful.. More common for a younger person to fail than an old timer.
filejw is offline  
Old 05-26-2017, 06:29 PM
  #57  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Nov 2014
Posts: 162
Default

Originally Posted by filejw View Post
Actually they do go thru recurrent once year and if they fail the check ride they do get tossed if retraining is unsuccessful.. More common for a younger person to fail than an old timer.
Actually, you're completely wrong. They have to fail four consecutive check rides to be terminated.

And the failure rate is significantly higher for the older folks (60+).
Nachomamma is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
ccconnor92
Career Questions
7
04-22-2014 11:01 AM
mswmsw
Fractional
5
06-21-2008 05:26 PM
SayAgain
Fractional
11
07-08-2007 07:28 PM
shaggieshapiro
Hangar Talk
30
06-13-2007 08:32 PM
hatetobreakit2u
Fractional
11
01-07-2007 01:50 PM

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Thread Tools
Search this Thread
Your Privacy Choices