Don’t all airline flights have at least 2 pilots? Answer, yes, even the commuters. It seems that the majority of comments forget that, insinuating that if the pilot were to have a problem the plane would leave the sky. I’m 68 and I have no problem with my job. Mandatory retirement at 65 is foolish. If the pilot can pass a physical then he/she should be allowed to fly.
Mohave50
2 years ago
Maybe not forcing those poisonous BS VAX’s on them might help with the pilots dying in the cockpit problem the airlines seem to be having.
JamesMcCarrick
1 year ago
raisethepilotage.com
JamesMcCarrick
1 year ago
Raise the airline pilot retirement age!
Dave School
1 year ago
I’m 64, in 7 months I’m out of a job. If I can pass my FAA physical every 6 months, if I can pass my emergency procedures simulator evaluation every 9 months, if I can pass my EKG every 12 months, if I can pass my flight evaluation every 24 months, why should I be forced out of a job?
Trell
2 years ago
They still have co-pilots on board, don’t they?
Geo
2 years ago
Would you ride on a plane with joe Biden as a pilot? I’ll pass. You have to know when to quit.
Rush Glick
2 years ago
As long as they pass a yearly physical including a test of reflexes and reaction time.
James
2 years ago
We the people have a right to know the names of the people in Epstein and Chislane’s client registers. It needs to be divulged before the next election. Epstein didn’t kill himself.
D
2 years ago
Assuming they are paying Social Security I believe it should be tied to their SS retirement age also assuming they pass mental and physical exams.
Shirley
2 years ago
If airline pilots must retire at age 65 per “federal” guidelines, then retire ALL the federal employees, politicians and president at or over age 65. After all, the president is responsible for more lives than a pilot on any given flight.
EdS
2 years ago
Federal law enforcement agents have a mandatory 57 years of age retirement. I am advised that the age limit was/is based on coronary/heart attack issues experienced by 50 plus aged Federal Agents.
With the assistance of computers that are available to airline pilots, perhaps 65, is a reasonable retirement age.
Jeanette
2 years ago
President may be 80 but can’t compare a pilot age retirement on that.
Wayne
2 years ago
I voted for the first option, but it has nothing to do with the fraudulent occupant of the White House.
Tom
2 years ago
What should be madatory is that anyone in Congress should have to be gone by age 70. And add term limits so that we don’t get life-long leftists and RINOs destroying the country. I don’t care about flying because I never will again.
Sarge
2 years ago
If airline pilots, why not civil servants such as members of the Government. Median age of the Senate is 60 with the oldest at 87. Fifty of them over 65…
BobA
2 years ago
If they can pass a rigorous physical and mental test why should they be required? A lot of very exceptional talent going to waste.
Jerry O. Wilcoxson
2 years ago
Heck, as long as the pilots are healthy and pass their health/fitness tests, let them work as long as they want! God knows, even a 30 or 40 year old pilot can be taken out by the man upstairs at any time! I agree with the other comments, if the gov’t can intervene with the age of pilots and retiring, then it is time to set terms limits for all politicians in DC!!!!
Nancy Barron
2 years ago
The retirement age should be based on actual physical and mental health! Look at our current president – is is in no way mentally capable of holding office! My husband is 75 and sharp as a tack as well as physically able to continued to fly. He is in private aviation and flies corporately – yet the INSURANCE underwriters are about to force retirement on him! Ridiculous!
Splish_Splash
2 years ago
THE ONLY OPTION, I WOULD VOTE FOR, WHICH IS NOT ONE GIVEN IS: HAVE THEY RECEIVED THE SHOTS AND BOOSTERS? IF THEY HAVE THEY SHOULD RETIRE IMMEDIATELY EVEN IF THEY ARE 45.
Irony
2 years ago
Retirement for pilots should be determined with cognitive and motor skills tests, not a flat-rate age.
Larry a Taylor
2 years ago
Age isn’t the best indicator it needs to be assed.by the mental health of the individual!
Florida resident
2 years ago
Don’t agree with the choices we are offered. We are all individuals. Mandatory retirement should be based on cognitive, memory and reflex tests, not an age.
Jeanne
2 years ago
Agree with Florida resident wholeheartedly
Martin Plecki
2 years ago
Get government out of the lives of citizens as much as possible. I learned how to fly a light sport plane at 70. One of the first things taught is “if you are impared, don’t fly”. Pilots and airlines can regulate themselves. There may be some issues, but no where near the issues under government control.
DawnP
2 years ago
My husband is an airline pilot for UPS and the toll the crazy sleep schedule, etc. takes on his body is detrimental to his overall health. He can fully retire at 60 and I am encouraging him to do so! It should be up to the pilot though, not dictated by industry standard.
DMM
2 years ago
There is NO shortage. Only mismanagement by WOKE CEO’s. What is not being revealed is above age 65, no more international flying. Only domestic per ICAO standards. This means all above 65 must move back to smaller equipment in domestic operations. This makes matters worse.
Larry Kampa
2 years ago
Why only 67? Put the younger pilot in the Captain seat and the older pilot in the First Officer seat. FAA Inspectors work past age 65. Mayor Pete is so full of himself, I’m not buying an electric car and I’m not allowed in an industry because I’ve reached an arbitrary age limit. These are the EXPERTS? They know nothing about how to handle problems, look at what they are doing to our country for the flag of GREEN. How about the flag of RED, WHITE and BLUE?
Vincent in CO
2 years ago
With longer life expectancy, pilots should be able to continue working – provided they pass an annual physical/mental examination.
Jodie Woods
2 years ago
I also agree with Florida resident. Those are my thoughts exactly.
Jim Collinsworth
2 years ago
I am OK with raising the age limit, but believe the FAA needs to relax the overly stringent rules and requirements to becoming a pilot as well.
Djappger
2 years ago
As a old retired airline pilot at 86, I still fly a foot launched powered paraglider. If you don’t know what that is, check it out using your browser or YouTube
Mike Leyman
2 years ago
I believe as long as they can pass a physical that determines their piloting skills; their should be no MANDATORY retirement age.
Phyl
2 years ago
As long as they are healthy, let them work. Maybe we should mandate Congress to retire at 65.
Dick Yowell
2 years ago
The current president does not support an argument to extend retirement age.
c3po
2 years ago
You’re asking old people who generally don’t want to admit their reflexes and strength are diminished! As an old pilot, wisdom only goes so far so 65 is reasonable.
Jeff
2 years ago
WHY are we so concerned with the age of pilots, when we SHOULD be concerned with the old ass people in congress, the judiciary, AND the executive branches of government???
Roger
2 years ago
Pilots and POTUSes should be tested for cognitive capacity after age 65. That would have solved BOTH serious problems that currently exist in the USA.
How many people have died over the last few years as a result of poor decisions by people who have the lives of others in their hands? It has been far too many, in Afghanistan, Ukraine, China, as well as here in the USA where illegal invaders have brought crime and drugs with them.
Stu
2 years ago
Some guys can’t get it done at 30 years old, some can do it at 70, I’m an over 60-year-old airline pilot and what you don’t see are the ones that failed in their 20s and 30s and didn’t even make it into the cockpit. Age is a number ability is a function.
Flightless Franklin
2 years ago
Why are we considering this non-issue? Aren’t there enough REAL issues to occupy our minds, or to create mindless polls about?
But since you asked… I recall, some years ago, station wagons driving around helter-skelter at top speed with a little placard in the back window: “Baby On Board” as if that would save the occupants from the driver’s foolhardy driving. Maybe we could create placards to put on airplanes driven by elderly drivers: “Geezer On Board”.
Seriously, what’s with all these “worker shortages”? As long as the idiots in Washington continue to subsidize indolence to the extent that it pays more to sit around loafing than it does to work, we will continue to see worker shortages. As to forced retirement ages, I believe they exist for two reasons, one, to make sure that people in decline are not placed into situations beyond their abilities, and two, to assure jobs for the upcoming generation. Breathe a sigh of relief, geezers, and leave the “friendly skies” to your sons and daughters.
Roger
2 years ago
It may be OK for pilots to continue flying, but please take the plane keys away from Harrison Ford.
Jim
2 years ago
Physcials and a mental acuity test is the answer. To me this is age discrimination! But I guess the government can do everything they make illegal for us can’t they? Look at Nancy P’s husband. They put us regular folk in jail for insider trading.
Bob Bradshaw
2 years ago
Perhaps the airline industry should evaluate why the pilots are leaving. And correct that situation first. If they are going woke then they should go broke.
Molly
2 years ago
The biggest reason there is a pilot shortage is due to the “vaccine’s” injuries which sidelined some, and others were fired for not getting it.
Peggy Lambert
2 years ago
Agility and cognitive testing!
Steven
2 years ago
There shouldn’t be a fixed mandatory retirement age. Each person should be regularly evaluated to determine if they are still able to perform the job.
Stephen Russell
2 years ago
Apply to other industries& business too
Jeff Savlov
2 years ago
Anyone who thinks that they want to put the life of their family in the hands of a septuagenarian or older is the kind of fool who would vote for a visibly senile eighty year old to control our economy. Last week my forty year old neice lost her husband, a pilot, in a private plane crash when his plane collided with another aircraft piloted by an eighty two year old pilot who was flying with a 76 year old co-pilot. Age requirements for commercial pilots are there for a reason. It involves potential health issues which can change quickly and rapidly, reflexes which must be spot on, hearing and eyesight. Yes some of the FAA regulations are antiquated, such as the number of flying hours required to qualify for a commercial license, but the maximum age requirement for the pilot should stand. I would suggest that if a pilot wishes to continue flying they should have the ability to fly as a training/co-pilot for an additional five years.
Mary
2 years ago
who cares how old a pilot is ( or any other working person), as long as they’re physically & mentally competent to do their job…. so that disqualifies joe, harris, nancy, + a host of other idiots & dinosaurs in DC!
Aleta
2 years ago
Raising the retirement age is just a bandaid to fix the pilot shortage issue. Allowing all eligible and qualified pilots to fly would remedy the shortage.
Don’t all airline flights have at least 2 pilots? Answer, yes, even the commuters. It seems that the majority of comments forget that, insinuating that if the pilot were to have a problem the plane would leave the sky. I’m 68 and I have no problem with my job. Mandatory retirement at 65 is foolish. If the pilot can pass a physical then he/she should be allowed to fly.
Maybe not forcing those poisonous BS VAX’s on them might help with the pilots dying in the cockpit problem the airlines seem to be having.
raisethepilotage.com
Raise the airline pilot retirement age!
I’m 64, in 7 months I’m out of a job. If I can pass my FAA physical every 6 months, if I can pass my emergency procedures simulator evaluation every 9 months, if I can pass my EKG every 12 months, if I can pass my flight evaluation every 24 months, why should I be forced out of a job?
They still have co-pilots on board, don’t they?
Would you ride on a plane with joe Biden as a pilot? I’ll pass. You have to know when to quit.
As long as they pass a yearly physical including a test of reflexes and reaction time.
We the people have a right to know the names of the people in Epstein and Chislane’s client registers. It needs to be divulged before the next election. Epstein didn’t kill himself.
Assuming they are paying Social Security I believe it should be tied to their SS retirement age also assuming they pass mental and physical exams.
If airline pilots must retire at age 65 per “federal” guidelines, then retire ALL the federal employees, politicians and president at or over age 65. After all, the president is responsible for more lives than a pilot on any given flight.
Federal law enforcement agents have a mandatory 57 years of age retirement. I am advised that the age limit was/is based on coronary/heart attack issues experienced by 50 plus aged Federal Agents.
With the assistance of computers that are available to airline pilots, perhaps 65, is a reasonable retirement age.
President may be 80 but can’t compare a pilot age retirement on that.
I voted for the first option, but it has nothing to do with the fraudulent occupant of the White House.
What should be madatory is that anyone in Congress should have to be gone by age 70. And add term limits so that we don’t get life-long leftists and RINOs destroying the country. I don’t care about flying because I never will again.
If airline pilots, why not civil servants such as members of the Government. Median age of the Senate is 60 with the oldest at 87. Fifty of them over 65…
If they can pass a rigorous physical and mental test why should they be required? A lot of very exceptional talent going to waste.
Heck, as long as the pilots are healthy and pass their health/fitness tests, let them work as long as they want! God knows, even a 30 or 40 year old pilot can be taken out by the man upstairs at any time! I agree with the other comments, if the gov’t can intervene with the age of pilots and retiring, then it is time to set terms limits for all politicians in DC!!!!
The retirement age should be based on actual physical and mental health! Look at our current president – is is in no way mentally capable of holding office! My husband is 75 and sharp as a tack as well as physically able to continued to fly. He is in private aviation and flies corporately – yet the INSURANCE underwriters are about to force retirement on him! Ridiculous!
THE ONLY OPTION, I WOULD VOTE FOR, WHICH IS NOT ONE GIVEN IS: HAVE THEY RECEIVED THE SHOTS AND BOOSTERS? IF THEY HAVE THEY SHOULD RETIRE IMMEDIATELY EVEN IF THEY ARE 45.
Retirement for pilots should be determined with cognitive and motor skills tests, not a flat-rate age.
Age isn’t the best indicator it needs to be assed.by the mental health of the individual!
Don’t agree with the choices we are offered. We are all individuals. Mandatory retirement should be based on cognitive, memory and reflex tests, not an age.
Agree with Florida resident wholeheartedly
Get government out of the lives of citizens as much as possible. I learned how to fly a light sport plane at 70. One of the first things taught is “if you are impared, don’t fly”. Pilots and airlines can regulate themselves. There may be some issues, but no where near the issues under government control.
My husband is an airline pilot for UPS and the toll the crazy sleep schedule, etc. takes on his body is detrimental to his overall health. He can fully retire at 60 and I am encouraging him to do so! It should be up to the pilot though, not dictated by industry standard.
There is NO shortage. Only mismanagement by WOKE CEO’s. What is not being revealed is above age 65, no more international flying. Only domestic per ICAO standards. This means all above 65 must move back to smaller equipment in domestic operations. This makes matters worse.
Why only 67? Put the younger pilot in the Captain seat and the older pilot in the First Officer seat. FAA Inspectors work past age 65. Mayor Pete is so full of himself, I’m not buying an electric car and I’m not allowed in an industry because I’ve reached an arbitrary age limit. These are the EXPERTS? They know nothing about how to handle problems, look at what they are doing to our country for the flag of GREEN. How about the flag of RED, WHITE and BLUE?
With longer life expectancy, pilots should be able to continue working – provided they pass an annual physical/mental examination.
I also agree with Florida resident. Those are my thoughts exactly.
I am OK with raising the age limit, but believe the FAA needs to relax the overly stringent rules and requirements to becoming a pilot as well.
As a old retired airline pilot at 86, I still fly a foot launched powered paraglider. If you don’t know what that is, check it out using your browser or YouTube
I believe as long as they can pass a physical that determines their piloting skills; their should be no MANDATORY retirement age.
As long as they are healthy, let them work. Maybe we should mandate Congress to retire at 65.
The current president does not support an argument to extend retirement age.
You’re asking old people who generally don’t want to admit their reflexes and strength are diminished! As an old pilot, wisdom only goes so far so 65 is reasonable.
WHY are we so concerned with the age of pilots, when we SHOULD be concerned with the old ass people in congress, the judiciary, AND the executive branches of government???
Pilots and POTUSes should be tested for cognitive capacity after age 65. That would have solved BOTH serious problems that currently exist in the USA.
How many people have died over the last few years as a result of poor decisions by people who have the lives of others in their hands? It has been far too many, in Afghanistan, Ukraine, China, as well as here in the USA where illegal invaders have brought crime and drugs with them.
Some guys can’t get it done at 30 years old, some can do it at 70, I’m an over 60-year-old airline pilot and what you don’t see are the ones that failed in their 20s and 30s and didn’t even make it into the cockpit. Age is a number ability is a function.
Why are we considering this non-issue? Aren’t there enough REAL issues to occupy our minds, or to create mindless polls about?
But since you asked… I recall, some years ago, station wagons driving around helter-skelter at top speed with a little placard in the back window: “Baby On Board” as if that would save the occupants from the driver’s foolhardy driving. Maybe we could create placards to put on airplanes driven by elderly drivers: “Geezer On Board”.
Seriously, what’s with all these “worker shortages”? As long as the idiots in Washington continue to subsidize indolence to the extent that it pays more to sit around loafing than it does to work, we will continue to see worker shortages. As to forced retirement ages, I believe they exist for two reasons, one, to make sure that people in decline are not placed into situations beyond their abilities, and two, to assure jobs for the upcoming generation. Breathe a sigh of relief, geezers, and leave the “friendly skies” to your sons and daughters.
It may be OK for pilots to continue flying, but please take the plane keys away from Harrison Ford.
Physcials and a mental acuity test is the answer. To me this is age discrimination! But I guess the government can do everything they make illegal for us can’t they? Look at Nancy P’s husband. They put us regular folk in jail for insider trading.
Perhaps the airline industry should evaluate why the pilots are leaving. And correct that situation first. If they are going woke then they should go broke.
The biggest reason there is a pilot shortage is due to the “vaccine’s” injuries which sidelined some, and others were fired for not getting it.
Agility and cognitive testing!
There shouldn’t be a fixed mandatory retirement age. Each person should be regularly evaluated to determine if they are still able to perform the job.
Apply to other industries& business too
Anyone who thinks that they want to put the life of their family in the hands of a septuagenarian or older is the kind of fool who would vote for a visibly senile eighty year old to control our economy. Last week my forty year old neice lost her husband, a pilot, in a private plane crash when his plane collided with another aircraft piloted by an eighty two year old pilot who was flying with a 76 year old co-pilot. Age requirements for commercial pilots are there for a reason. It involves potential health issues which can change quickly and rapidly, reflexes which must be spot on, hearing and eyesight. Yes some of the FAA regulations are antiquated, such as the number of flying hours required to qualify for a commercial license, but the maximum age requirement for the pilot should stand. I would suggest that if a pilot wishes to continue flying they should have the ability to fly as a training/co-pilot for an additional five years.
who cares how old a pilot is ( or any other working person), as long as they’re physically & mentally competent to do their job…. so that disqualifies joe, harris, nancy, + a host of other idiots & dinosaurs in DC!
Raising the retirement age is just a bandaid to fix the pilot shortage issue. Allowing all eligible and qualified pilots to fly would remedy the shortage.