Retirement at age 70
03-30-2019, 08:45 PM
#432
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Anyone here retire before the mandatory limit? When I got into this business the target was age 60 and I never adjusted my aim point. I'm rapidly approaching 60 and thinking of leaving early. Any stories, yea or nay?
03-31-2019, 06:46 AM
#434
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Joined APC: Apr 2011
Position: retired 767(dl)
Posts: 5,730
Originally Posted by TriStar_drvr
Anyone here retire before the mandatory limit? When I got into this business the target was age 60 and I never adjusted my aim point. I'm rapidly approaching 60 and thinking of leaving early. Any stories, yea or nay?
One rule though, if you hear an airplane and look up, you are required to shepherd it out of sight.
03-31-2019, 12:26 PM
#435
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Joined APC: Jun 2010
Position: seated - facing forward
Posts: 996
Originally Posted by badflaps
I've been retired for 30 years, as Tom G. said, you will wonder how you had time to fly. Every once in a while I get a little nostalgic, I put my hand in the Cuisinart and remember how it was. One rule though, if you hear an airplane and look up, you are required to shepherd it out of sight.
One rule though, if you hear an airplane and look up, you are required to shepherd it out of sight.
04-01-2019, 04:44 AM
#437
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Joined APC: Feb 2006
Posts: 1,242
I retired 1 month shy of 63 in 2012. Delta offered a early out package that was too hard to refuse. We live on 16 acres with 6 horses,4 dogs and a cat. I took up a new career in the medical field. I now work at home for no pay as a “Farm Assist”
04-01-2019, 05:46 AM
#438
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Joined APC: Feb 2006
Position: 767A (Ret)
Posts: 6,248
Originally Posted by badflaps
Nah, I quit early, I saw the writing. Didn't like the way things were going. Nothing new to fly, moved on.
04-01-2019, 05:52 AM
#439
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Joined APC: Mar 2005
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Originally Posted by TriStar_drvr
Anyone here retire before the mandatory limit? When I got into this business the target was age 60 and I never adjusted my aim point. I'm rapidly approaching 60 and thinking of leaving early. Any stories, yea or nay?
04-01-2019, 06:01 AM
#440
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Joined APC: Apr 2011
Position: retired 767(dl)
Posts: 5,730
Originally Posted by tomgoodman
His Airworthiness sets a good example. Pilots deserve at least a year of retirement for each year worked, as compensatory damages for all the job-related annoyances.
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