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ALASTAIR JAMES BERRY
1:02 PM on March 12, 2011
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Personally, I would take RETIREMENT , anytime , before work .... I retired at 53 and never looked back ... and I agree you cannot argue from the single to the general, but that is the way I look at it ... (best thing I ever did ... and I'm 81 now)
Be your own BOSS ... Forget all the work place B.S. ... relax and take it easy for 11 months of the year ... (The weather on Maui is sunny and warm today)
11 months ? YES APRIL WILL BE HELL ... working out your T # 1 GENERAL TAX RETURN ... it is far more complicated after retirement ...
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William Doyle
7:22 PM on March 12, 2011
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He knew the rules now it is only right that he has to comply.
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Ken Berger
7:23 PM on March 12, 2011
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I weep crocodile tears for this man. He has to take a job now for 130,000 when he was making 230,000 working for Air Canada. He was overly paid in the first place and now his nose is out of joint because he had to retire from Air Canada with a 10,000 per month pension. Cut off his pension and let him fly for Turkish Airlines.
7:48 PM on March 12, 2011
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Buy a Super Cub on floats and start living. With the amount of retirement money he will receive, he could move up to a Beaver or something of that nature.
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detalumis
6:46 PM on March 12, 2011
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Even though he knew about this date for the last 40 years and he has a fantastic pension he still thinks his life is over if he stops working. In 5 years I guess he will find out if that is the case or not.
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RBenstein
6:58 PM on March 12, 2011
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Not many people are going to be on your side, Mike.
One major point: what does a healthy 60-year old who has been doing the same job since he was 21 do at the point of retirement ? Many men are at a loss as to what to simply do with themselves. Many divorces and heart attacks occur with newly retired people.
I can sympathize with him on this, but perhaps he could start thinking about other interests when 65 hits.
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D_T1
6:22 PM on March 12, 2011
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If pilots are allowed to fly after they turn 60, they may flight again if they BELIEVE they are still fit to fly. Where is the end.
For the sake of flight safety, pilots should retire at 60. These pilots know so well from the beginning that they will retire at 60. If they think they are so right, they should have fought this rule when they were much younger.
SELFISH!!
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2skeptic
5:10 PM on March 12, 2011
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Wow. The claws sure come out when you find out what someone else's pension is!
Miaow.
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JonBraun
4:42 PM on March 12, 2011
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We new pilots want into the business as well. I'm gonna be 60 before I even get a job at Air Canada if they keep raising the retirement ages.
And too all those passengers out there. Do you really want a senior citizen flying your plane?
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dh_43
5:54 PM on March 12, 2011
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i wonder if this has anything to do with air Canada drifting in and out of bankruptcy protection every ten years or so?
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get_real
6:22 PM on March 12, 2011
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No, it has to do with Westjet being subsidized by the Alberta government giving them free jet fuel.
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JMurray1
3:51 PM on March 12, 2011
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I recall a pilot at Northwest Airlines in MSP in the early 1950s, "Deke" Delong, retiring at 65 years of age. He ended up flying DC-3s exclusively MSP-Winnipeg. Shortly afterwards the age of retirement was set at 60 years by U.S. government decree. Canada must have followed.
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West Coast Todd
4:53 PM on March 12, 2011
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Dude that was like 60 years ago... what are you talking about?
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Canadian in Thailand
4:29 PM on March 12, 2011
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This man could become a first. I have yet to hear of a person who retires and says he/she wishes they could have worked an extra few years, myself included.
If you don't have the money, ahhhh, that's a different situation.
So Captain, if you don't manage to keep some younger pilot from getting your job, com'on down and we'll have a sundowner together while I explain the ropes to you.
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