Originally Posted by
geeup
70 & 75 year olds also in the mix..
8 domestic sectors a day with continuous early starts will be a worry.
ANG retirement village 😴
"Age shall not weary them..."
About 4 times a year, I go fly some fun planes for training recurrency, PT22, PT17, Pitts S2... the youngest IP I have is 78, the oldest is 82, and they still teach me stuff every flight. I still fly military and civil jets as well, and so I cannot say anything against age at all. Flying is in the mind, and I have flown with youngsters that should have been on pushbikes not planes. I have flown tactical stuff recently with guys approaching big age numbers and they can be hard of hearing and somewhat cranky on occasions, but they can still do a damn good job. Where I have been, some of the F22 and 35 instructors were young about the time that VN was not a headline in Lonely Planet. Age shall not weary them, atrophy comes from not using your mind or body.
Getting into an ejector seat is less comfortable as you get older, a reminder of what you have got out of your body.