Well, at least they won't jump ship for the airlines.

They also won't lift bags.

What do you say about 80-year old flight attendants, of which there are quite a few? There was a director of aviation in Pro Pilot magazine claiming to be 85.

GF

Just as one is required to take a driving test after a certain age and risk, these 80+ yr old FA's need to be able to demonstrate the Easy Victor tasks within the required time or hang it up. Its not age discrimination....its protection of the general flying public. These older FA's could actually become a liability in the event of a real emergency.
If a younger lad can't complete the training tasks cause of who knows why....they will be washed out of training cause they are a risk to the general safety.
People must accept and own up to the fact they can't do things they once could and thats called life.

Thanks for your service, its time to move on to something else that you can find joy in.

On the flip side of this argument, years back we had a guy (old Eastern scab guy) flip his lid that two less than 30 yr olds were flying a Legacy 600 together. He couldn't fathom that the 6000+ hours in type that we had was safe enough.

There is plenty of research regarding the link to heart disease and cholesterol levels.

http://pcrm.org/sites/default/files/...-Esselstyn.pdf


To answer the original post questions:

1. The oldest pilot I've flown with was in his mid to upper 70s.

2. There is no unwritten policy to get rid of elderly pilots at NetJets. In fact, it would seem there is a tendency to "stonewall" concerns about the ability of older pilots. We do have a program that allows for pilots to report when they concern with another pilot. The satisfaction rate of the program is debatable.

3. Nothing significant as far as financial compensation. There is a small severance given to older pilots with seniority and twice in recent memory the company has given voluntary separation compensation.

Actually they do go thru recurrent once year and if they fail the check ride they do get tossed if retraining is unsuccessful.. More common for a younger person to fail than an old timer.

Actually, you're completely wrong. They have to fail four consecutive check rides to be terminated.

And the failure rate is significantly higher for the older folks (60+).