Skywest Questions

Flyboy57 said:
I can understand that feeling...until you're one of those 67 year olds that still has a lot of flying left in you.
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And there is a retirement age... 65... I knew it as 60 going in to the airlines.

Many sports stars overstay their welcome thinking they've got something left in the tank. We have a preset end to career. If you can't financially plan your career end, why should we suffer with contract cut outs for people who won't let go?
 
65+ years old and flying airlines with brand new airline recruits? Please no! I think I'm going to bump up my 401k contribution now that I've thought about how bad that would suck.
 
GypsyPilot said:
65+ years old and flying airlines with brand new airline recruits? Please no! I think I'm going to bump up my 401k contribution now that I've thought about how bad that would suck.
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SouthernJets had a "PRP Program" during the leadup to bankruptcy — basically the union allowed early retired pilots who jumped ship with their pensions, or "unretire"(-ish) and come back to their previous category for a period of time because there was a cascade of training.

I never flew with one, but a few of them were "terrors". Nothing like grimly staring bankruptcy and paycuts in the face and there's some cheery guy sitting in your captains seat reeking of pension and hope.
 
JordanD said:
Then they should buy or rent a Cessna, not take work away from me and my coworkers.

Didn't age 65 screw over people enough?:stir:
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Take away a job from you? Weren't they there before you??

And who, exactly, got "screwed over" by the age 65 rule? Didn't it extend your flying career by five years, too?
 
SpiceWeasel said:
And there is a retirement age... 65... I knew it as 60 going in to the airlines.

Many sports stars overstay their welcome thinking they've got something left in the tank. We have a preset end to career. If you can't financially plan your career end, why should we suffer with contract cut outs for people who won't let go?
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Why do you assume that the fact they still enjoy flying and want to stay active in it means they failed to plan for retirement? Our demographics are changing. Age 60 is a whole lot younger than it was 50+ years ago when that rule was established. And I don't quite equate flying an airliner as having quite the same physical demands as a pro football player....or even a baseball player. Unless you plan poorly and have to run through the terminal to get to your flight!
 
Flyboy57 said:
Our demographics are changing. Age 60 is a whole lot younger than it was 50+ years ago when that rule was established. And I don't quite equate flying an airliner as having quite the same physical demands as a pro football player...
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True. Although looking at some of the overweight pilots out there, some severely so, the sedentary nature of the job will be what does them in early even with the demographic changes.
 
Flyboy57 said:
Take away a job from you? Weren't they there before you??

And who, exactly, got "screwed over" by the age 65 rule? Didn't it extend your flying career by five years, too?
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No. It meant that a lot of us were stuck in whatever position we had for five more years. That is VERY different than what you're suggesting.
 
Flyboy57 said:
I can understand that feeling...until you're one of those 67 year olds that still has a lot of flying left in you.
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There's life outside of aviation. Scary I know. They retired and are no longer on the list. In actuality the jr guy is higher up to totem pole since he still is infact on the list for that specific operation/airplane. Don't be like this guy and hang around thinking you're someone


Almost forgot, don't retire from a regional too.
 
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ClarkGriswold said:
There's life outside of aviation. Scary I know. They retired and are no longer on the list. In actuality the jr guy is higher up to totem pole since he still is infact on the list for that specific operation/airplane. Don't be like this guy and hang around thinking you're someone


Almost forgot, don't retire from a regional too.
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. . . Is he really in his airline uniform, in class with his ALPA lanyard???
 
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