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The Velveteen Ocelot

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15. The FAA recently changed it from 60 to 65.

Reply to Blue_true (Reply #14)

Sun Nov 10, 2019, 08:09 PM

Nov 2019

It's doubtful they'd be willing to change it again - and most of the pilots I knew were more than ready to retire when their time was up. The schedules tend to be pretty fatiguing, which is a fact most people aren't aware of.

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Airline pilot shortage [View all] lostnfound Nov 2019 OP

This is very interesting! FM123 Nov 2019 #1

What's the pay? Dirty Socialist Nov 2019 #2

Looks like six figures as first officer. Path to pilot job which can pay $250,000 nt lostnfound Nov 2019 #13

This seems to go in cycles. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #3

All very good points. MineralMan Nov 2019 #4

By the time I retired from the airline we were seeing fewer military new hires. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #5

Thanks. I don't follow that sort of thing very much. MineralMan Nov 2019 #6

Does airlines still have a mandatory retirement age? Blue_true Nov 2019 #14

The FAA recently changed it from 60 to 65. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2019 #15

Maybe I look at myself and project onto other professions. Blue_true Nov 2019 #17

My brother just retired as an F-16 Pilot w/ the Airforce (Colonel). He is now flying with smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #16

Definitely only for those who actually love to fly lostnfound Nov 2019 #11

There are a number of colleges that PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2019 #7

They should pay them better and give them more humane work schedules. nt tblue37 Nov 2019 #8

My brother gets paid very well LeftInTX Nov 2019 #9

Many US pilots work at low salaries for regional carriers subcontracted by big airlines. Those tblue37 Nov 2019 #10

Salaries at regionals aren't so low anymore lostnfound Nov 2019 #12

My brother did deliveries way up in northern WI and then another regional in TX LeftInTX Nov 2019 #18