Mary
Radgirl posts excellent advice and information in the medical section
So her opinions and knowledge are always respected
I still come back to the fact that the government expect people to work longer and keep on delaying the pension age to later and later ages with the argument that nowadays people are healthier and live longer with a higher quality of life.
As such they are expected to work and generate an income far later ?
If a pilot still wants to fly and still passes medicals and still performs up to standard in simulator testing then I see no reason why they should not fly?
if the government want to treat pilots as special cases and allow them to take a state pension at 60 then thats a different matter but why single them out as too old compared to other people? That is discrimination.
I would also like to see statistical evidence that older pilots are collapsing at the controls more than those in their late 40s early fifties ( the highest heart attack era ?)
So no less of a macho oldie than our friend Pace, bet he's younger than me, too.
I was only 77 years old at the time.
Mary Love the
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if I am still flying when I reach the ripe old age that you were still instructing at I would be more than happy. You surely are a good example of my argument
You were still instructing at 77!!!
following your argument you would have chucked it in 17 years earlier at 60 which is nearer my age
Pace