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Old 04-25-2012 | 03:51 PM
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This is a question that I have asked fellow pilots and many jumpseaters just because.....I'm curious, I guess. Are there any pilots left on any seniority list with a 60's DOH? No one seems to have any clue whatsoever. Maybe they don't give a damn, which is understandable, but I still wonder. Mathematically it is possible. The age 60 rule changed 12/07, so theoretically if you were born 1/48 you could have just dodged this. A guy that was extra ambitious and had maybe a few important connections could have made it to major by January 1969 at the age of 21. Anyone? US Airways? Northwest?
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Old 04-25-2012 | 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Michigander
This is a question that I have asked fellow pilots and many jumpseaters just because.....I'm curious, I guess. Are there any pilots left on any seniority list with a 60's DOH? No one seems to have any clue whatsoever. Maybe they don't give a damn, which is understandable, but I still wonder. Mathematically it is possible. The age 60 rule changed 12/07, so theoretically if you were born 1/48 you could have just dodged this. A guy that was extra ambitious and had maybe a few important connections could have made it to major by January 1969 at the age of 21. Anyone? US Airways? Northwest?
The #1 guy at CAL, RR, might be pretty close.
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Old 04-25-2012 | 04:09 PM
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Yeah? What's his DOH? I wonder which airline has the earliest.
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Old 04-25-2012 | 04:15 PM
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I'm pretty sure that NK has a guy that made the 60 cut off by one day; if so, he probably is the oldest "airline pilot".
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Old 04-25-2012 | 04:27 PM
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Aren't there quite a few guys at UPS that came off the DC-8 panel after the age was raised?
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Old 04-25-2012 | 04:30 PM
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Aren't there quite a few guys at UPS that came off the DC-8 panel after the age was raised?
I certainly don't have that answer AMEL, but that is something I hadn't considered.....
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Old 04-25-2012 | 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Michigander
Yeah? What's his DOH? I wonder which airline has the earliest.

'66. I'm sure there are some FE's out there pushing 40 years.
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Old 04-25-2012 | 04:40 PM
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I flew with a former Pan Am guy at DAL who had a 60's vintage Pan Am hire date. I believe he is still here, but not too close to our #1 on the seniority list. FWIW.
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Originally Posted by scambo1
I flew with a former Pan Am guy at DAL who had a 60's vintage Pan Am hire date. I believe he is still here, but not too close to our #1 on the seniority list. FWIW.
bo, he would have been Extremely young to get hired there considering he wasn't able to extend his career sideways. At Pan Am of all places. Wow. That is cool though.
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Old 04-25-2012 | 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Michigander
bo, he would have been Extremely young to get hired there considering he wasn't able to extend his career sideways. At Pan Am of all places. Wow. That is cool though.
Good point, I could be confusing him with another former Pan Am guy.
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