Let Experienced Pilots Fly Act (Age 67)
07-25-2022, 08:25 PM
#43
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Originally Posted by AirBear
But they're unlikely to have 60 seats so the Dems could filibuster.
How many voters are ticked off about flights being cancelled?
Here's a better question - how much opposition across the US do you think there is to changing the retirement age? Airline pilots are a very small slice of the population.
07-25-2022, 08:26 PM
#44
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Originally Posted by dualinput
Remember last time the retirement age changed and then the economy tanked shortly after. Man that was fun. Can’t wait to relive it. The increased health care premiums, and there will be sizable increases because of this, will be the least of our problems.
I hope every sponsor and co-sponsor of this legislation drops dead. The irony is that so many pilots voted for them.
I hope every sponsor and co-sponsor of this legislation drops dead. The irony is that so many pilots voted for them.
07-25-2022, 08:56 PM
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Diane Feinstein is 89. She plans on running for reelection in 2024. Will she be a NO vote for raising retirement age?
Patrick Leahy is 82.
Bernie Sanders turns 81 this year
Ben Cardin is 78.
Angus King is 78,
There a dozen more D Senators over 70, including Schumer.
And some of you think that D Senators are going to filibuster raising pilot retirement to 67?
Patrick Leahy is 82.
Bernie Sanders turns 81 this year
Ben Cardin is 78.
Angus King is 78,
There a dozen more D Senators over 70, including Schumer.
And some of you think that D Senators are going to filibuster raising pilot retirement to 67?
07-25-2022, 10:15 PM
#48
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Simple solution:
If the mandatory retirement age is raised above 65, then whatever age they set should also be the mandatory retirement age for all federal justices and elected officials.
If you are too old to fly an airliner, you are too old to run the country.
Seems like a pretty simple concept.
If the mandatory retirement age is raised above 65, then whatever age they set should also be the mandatory retirement age for all federal justices and elected officials.
If you are too old to fly an airliner, you are too old to run the country.
Seems like a pretty simple concept.
07-25-2022, 10:25 PM
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I’ll say this….. when the age went from 60 to 65…. FIVE years….. there wasn’t even CLOSE to this kind of rhetoric out there from those it impacted negatively…. And that was in the middle of the the housing crisis and the largest economic downturn in 50 years.
07-25-2022, 10:41 PM
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That’s the same Clay Higgins that was a deputy in St. Landry Parish Louisiana. I think he should go back and do some more patrols instead—I think he did a good job there.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tz95O1OQCH0
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