Originally Posted by
LGW Vulture
My Father is 85 and frail and I didnt make such a comment with a blase approach. However, I have been on enough flights diverted to other airports because of seniors becoming ill. Never have I been diverted due to misbehaviour. And on average, I fly 80 sectors per year worldwide.
I have flown many more than 80 sectors per year, as captain, for more than 20 years and can remember both medical diversions. One was a gentleman in his 50s the other a lady who was hemorrhaging and sadly lost her baby.
An anecdote does not necessarily tell the whole story and is, on its own, useless in compiling statistics.