OMGZ someone posted this on APC!

I was having a conversation once with an older, retired UA captain who had a new gig flying around a Falcon 20. He told me a lot of retired airline guys cant get used to a normal, at home lifestyle after retirement and its more about that then making money. Of course, he might be the majority.
 
TFaudree_ERAU said:
I don't follow. I thought every time the age was raised, it became a "get out of my seat" type of thing. You're saying that it's not safe to have a 65+ captain in the left seat?
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No, I said what I said.

I don't believe they should have raised the retirement age in the first place.

However, I don't discount the life circumstances faced by people approaching the mandatory age that would like to see it raised for their own reasons.

Not that I sympathize, but I can certainly appreciate their logic in wanting it raised.

I do not want it raised and would even like to see the extension repealed.

Some are safe, some are not. That applies for 20 year olds up to 64 years and 11 month year old pilots.
 
The Feds should re-look this act. They should drop the retirement age to 60 AND make an exception to the retirement laws. This would allow a pilot, forced to retire by law, to draw SS retirement.
 
there is an 80 year old single pilot flying aerial firefighting...fly until you can't. It's a BS rule anyway...if you can meet standards, then you should be able to fly.
 
He's my hero. That would be my summer job at 80 if I could get it to work out. By the time I'm 80, though, the satellite will spot the fire within 10 seconds of the lightening strike and the drone will drop a load of retardant on it 20 minutes later. Maybe I can drive the drone from the old folks home....
 
remind me again why we keep changing everything for ICAO? Didn't the US used to the set the bar when aviation began?

when are we going to change the national language of aviation? :sarcasm:
 
surreal1221 said:
She's doing her job, and doing it well in my book. Glad she stepped in and practiced smart communication's technique to hopefully improve clarity and reduce confusion.

Incorrect and misrepresented information as pure truth leads to many communication problems and a failure to manage expectations. For a government agency, she's doing exactly what any smart communication practitioner would be doing.
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It's called "satire". Something ole' wrinkle wrangler at the FAA is not getting. Something, just maybe, you're not getting, as well?
 
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