Age 65 is safe but 67 isn't LOL

Well the line is somewhere. I think his point is that from a policy standpoint that works for the majority, 65 makes sense.

Heard in a cockpit: "I hope they extend it to 67. I have two years left as of now. That will sure help me get caught up on some bills"

Me: Uhhhh :rolleyes:

Age 67 is very slightly less safe than age 65.

Age 65 is slightly less safe than age 60, which is less safe than age 30.

Again, there's some grey area before safety drops off dramatically and we're already in it. Will we go deeper into it?

IDK, but it will be a political call for sure. Mayor Pete has already stated that he'll put the boomer pilots out to pasture, his words not mine.

"The answer is not to keep the baby boomer generation in the cockpit indefinitely,"

The FAA would be better off lowering the ATP age to 21 instead of 23. That would help the regionals out more than moving the top age up.

You mean for upgrade purposes? I think the restricted ATP (to be able to fly SIC) age was made younger wasn’t it?

Yes, it's already 21 for R-ATP for SIC. That applies to ANYONE, don't need to go to any particular school.

And 23 is plenty young enough to be an airline CA as it is, no need to go lower there.

The airlines wasted the 5 extra years to do anything to prepare for this. Wages came up only in reaction to supply issues. In 2015 regionals still paid 26-30 bucks an hour and many LCCs were still under 60k first year, some still are! 🤡

... meanwhile the cost of training keeps going up... this career just needs to pay more 🤷🏼‍♂️

Right, and the corporations know that if/when you don't pass your 1st class, they would now be on the hook till 65 for LTD benefits. I've never heard of anyone on LTD who retired early.

They'll be on the hook until whatever the new retirement age is (67?), assuming that's how CBA's are written (or amended).

That's the downside for the airlines. It's long-term and won't go away.

The upside is that it delays the retirement bubble, giving them more time to do the planning they should have done ten years ago. That's a temporary problem, no matter how painful.