Congress Said To Mull Age 65 Extension to Part 91K/135

Yes, this would apply to Flexjet also! Please have it happen....we have at least 20% of our pilot group 60+ with another 5% at or above 70
 
hook_dupin said:
Its the great shift in the business: it now makes more sense for Part 135 operators to chase post-121ers than the young crowd.
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nope, flexjet will only look at them at exceptional cases...this is from an HR rep at a job fair, they are "too stuck in their ways" and have in the past required too much extra training (of course that is not all them)...long story short, it's not worth it.
 
Isn't there a legend or maybe folklore is better, over at NJ that is in his 80s and still flying?

There is no shortage of 60 and 65 plus pilots flying for a 135 operator after retirement. Either don't want to be home, can't afford to be home or just enjoy flying too much. All of my friends and mentors that retired still fly, although they are out smashing bugs with Luscombes, Stearmans, etc..
 
mshunter said:
I'm putting everything I can away to be out no later than 60 if I can manage.
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I’m shooting for 60 as well. Still got a long ways to go but I’m maxing out the 401K while I’m still young and have relatively little expenses.
 
I'm not aware of any age restriction in 135. So what exactly are they raising?
I don't think there's one with 91k either, but I'm not as familiar.

Maximillian_Jenius said:
Age 67, or 75 should be expected in todays climate. No one should be surprised.
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So the funny thing is, the safety thing about forcing retirement at 65 isn't so much the worry of the guy in the left seat having a heart attack or stroke. It's mostly a retiring of old outdated ways of thinking and piss poor judgement. There's also a noticeable mental decline somewhere in the 60s for a lot of them. They just cannot multi task worth a crap. Not everyone(for either issue), but it's very noticeable at my airline. The former far more than the latter.
 
z987k said:
I'm not aware of any age restriction in 135. So what exactly are they raising?
I don't think there's one with 91k either, but I'm not as familiar.


So the funny thing is, the safety thing about forcing retirement at 65 isn't so much the worry of the guy in the left seat having a heart attack or stroke. It's mostly a retiring of old outdated ways of thinking and piss poor judgement. There's also a noticeable mental decline somewhere in the 60s for a lot of them. They just cannot multi task worth a crap. Not everyone(for either issue), but it's very noticeable at my airline. The former far more than the latter.
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Yeah I'm not really sure what this article is talking about. I used to fly with a guy who was in his mid seventies part 135.
 
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