'A Comfy Chair'

As it happens, because of the restriction on 2 over-60's flying together, I do fly all the time with younger pilots! I can therefore pass on the benefit of my experience when appropriate. The main value in getting the restriction removed would be to increase both rostering flexibility and my continued employment prospects.

Some of these regulations are just ridiculous, given that these two Pilots are fully qualified, with current medicals and are probably very experienced, that would be the Crew that I WOULD want to fly with. :ok:

And yes I am 61, but NOT a Pilot.

Just getting a little word in here for us frustrated single seat public transport pilots approaching the (CAA) mandatory retirement age of 60.

With a couple of years to run to that 60 cut off, I've finally got to do the type of work that caught my attention as a kid. (Whirlybirds! Mash!!) :8

I'm leaner, fitter and with lower cholesterol and BP than 15 years ago!:ok: (no medication, just will power)

To cap it all I'm now flying around in my own fully equipped ambulance with two paramedics on immediate call!......but an arbitary birthday pulls the plug! :ugh:

Yes, I remember those days when the 2 airline policy used to rule the roost in Australia. I remember when you were too old at age 27, after that they threw out your application forever. Bloody sods !! Gross discrmination nowadays.
You tell a young guy or gal this happened in the 70s, and they think your're crazy.:mad::yuk::ugh:
Downright disgusting and it was all nepotism and jobs for the boyz.

A good thing about having two blokes over 60 in the cockpit
is that they're both too old to bull**** each other. So CRM and
keeping an eye out for each other's arse would come naturally.


During my time with TAA some old blokes told me Freemason
membership dictated some top flight ops positions during the
50s and early 60s. Same over at Reg's mob. I didn't see any
of that though during the 80s.

I'm rather used to it!!!