Retirement at age 70
04-01-2019, 06:05 AM
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I retired at 60. Got bored hanging out at the golf course with the 75 year old dudes, went and got another job. Flying is a great hobby, especially when getting paid well to do it. Can't see going past 70 though.
04-01-2019, 07:00 AM
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The older you get the less time it seems you have. Even though there are the same number of hours and minutes in a day. A 10 day a month schedule at 64 could seem like a 20 day schedule. 
Don't recommend it, but a year or so on LTD is a good preview to retirement and ones readiness for the reality. Whatever age you target to retire, be financially prepared. Debt free, or as close to it as you can is a good start.
All the articles about retirement ask the question, 'how much money will I need in retirement?' This is really a bassackward approach. Once you retire, you are retired. And the plan and strategy going forward from that point is to instead ask the question....
How much retirement 'need' will the money I have support?
Don't recommend it, but a year or so on LTD is a good preview to retirement and ones readiness for the reality. Whatever age you target to retire, be financially prepared. Debt free, or as close to it as you can is a good start.
All the articles about retirement ask the question, 'how much money will I need in retirement?' This is really a bassackward approach. Once you retire, you are retired. And the plan and strategy going forward from that point is to instead ask the question....
How much retirement 'need' will the money I have support?
04-01-2019, 07:20 AM
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Originally Posted by hilltopflyer
How do the guys closer to 60-65 feel about if the job required only working 10 days a month. I feel like it would be more of a part time job if that was the case. That has been my plan at least.
04-01-2019, 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by hilltopflyer
How do the guys closer to 60-65 feel about if the job required only working 10 days a month. I feel like it would be more of a part time job if that was the case. That has been my plan at least.
04-01-2019, 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
I'm not there yet, but I could see myself hankering for a change of aviation scenery by age 60. Problem is, by that point, the airlines probably can't be beat for pay/time off ratio so it would likely be prudent to just stick with it to 65 and then explore other flying options. It's not like I hate it.
04-01-2019, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by cactusmike
Seriously? The colgan captain busted multiple rides and the f/o was fatigued from stayin* in the crew room instead of a crash pad. Their lack of experience and lack of skills killed them. Age was never brought up.
04-05-2019, 08:58 PM
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I retired at 60 and I was beat. I'm not sure I could have made 65 let alone 70. I think I had heart failure at 70 and before that a stroke. 4 years ago my heart stopped and I hit 4 cars and a truck. Who says old people don't have fun. Dr says I must be a miracle man to have survived. I figure that day God didn't want me and the devil was out of room. I'm 80 now but have an electronic heart and a slew of titanium and stainless steel to rebuild the busted parts. Doubt if I could even get past the magnetometers to fly the airplane. I'm in a wheel chair to boot.
I miss flying and told the wife so. She said are you crazy nobody is going to want to fly with some one that has a bad heart and your age. I said come to think of it I wouldn't get on an airplane with a pilot like that either. Flying to 70 is pretty optimistic.
I miss flying and told the wife so. She said are you crazy nobody is going to want to fly with some one that has a bad heart and your age. I said come to think of it I wouldn't get on an airplane with a pilot like that either. Flying to 70 is pretty optimistic.
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