Originally Posted by ACPA President Paul Strachan
A recent survey of more than 1,800 Air Canada pilots showed that 82% supported retirement at age 60 or younger, according to the ACPA.
This intentionally misleading statement reminds of the words of British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli:
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."
Note very carefully the wording: "82% supported retirement at age 60 or younger." Not 82% supported retirement
mandatory retirement at age 60 or younger.
Who doesn't support the option to retire at age 60 or younger. That is not the proper question. The issue before the Tribunal and the courts is whether the retirement at age 60 should be
mandatory.
According to the survey, what percentage of pilots supported
mandatory retirement at age 60? Instead of couching the media message in the form of a statistic that is expressly intended to mislead the public and the union membership, why not state the truth?