Retirement plans
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Retirement plans
On the flight training side of things, we are constatly hearing about how the next generation of pilots really should be trained by the previous generation, rather than by relatively inexperienced, newly minted commercial pilots as is generally the case presently. I have always harbored some serious doubts as to the reality of this sort of scenario.
My question is how many 'experienced' folks plan on whiling away their retirement years by playing a role in the education of future pilots. How appealing is the prospect for some of you of running a little FBO in a quaint town where you are happy above and beyond the aviation scene? We all know that these things don't pay great financial dividends, but the more esoteric rewards make it, for myself, anyways, a great existence.
My question is how many 'experienced' folks plan on whiling away their retirement years by playing a role in the education of future pilots. How appealing is the prospect for some of you of running a little FBO in a quaint town where you are happy above and beyond the aviation scene? We all know that these things don't pay great financial dividends, but the more esoteric rewards make it, for myself, anyways, a great existence.
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I'm not sure I could do that, much as I might like to.
I have a feeling that by the time I retire, I will be so conditioned by security checks and general suspicon directed towards me by security personell, having my exhalations analized for the presence of alcohol smells etc. that I would feel that something is wrong if that process was suddenly no longer part of the pre-flight routine a professional pilot has to submit to before actually getting on an airplane.
I would probably end up being more nervous then the person who's trying to learn to fly.
Is there any chance that there might be treatment for "post-traumatic-stress-disorder" for retired airline Pilots?