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Glad to hear! Just going off what my broker shared and what some of the locals at my airport are seeing. The broker said they just had to tell one of their long time customers that he's probably better off just self insuring at this point. He's 70 with no accidents. Hope yours continues to stay reasonable. I flew international before, but was displaced during rona. Chose 717 FO for seniority. Opted to stay on the 717 and upgrade rather than reinstate to the 330. I found that one time zone was way better for me than doing international. But I also live local and can often snag day turns where TAFB is less than pay. My last two day trips I was back in my house before 1300. To me, a layover is a layover...all I need is enough time for a quick run, maybe a beer and 8 hours of sleep, though I prefer to never layover if at all possible. Most of my domestic cities aren't any worse or better than the same 6-9 places I went international. AMS got boring after the 69th time I was there, nevermind I was constantly walking around with a headache. I think I could fly longer do this over ocean crossings all the time.

We'd have to see the entire picture and understand their motives. I also put nothing in my 401k because the company is funding it at a pretty substantial rate. However, I have multiple other income streams and don't have the expectation that I shouldn't have to fund any of my own retirement.

If you're talking about age 60 to 65, that isn't true. We only changed to 65 AFTER ICAO raised it to 65. They changed their age limit, circa 2006, based on data. Since you bring up the age increase, it's a good point to include. Those at the top knew about an upper the limit when they chose this career. They've already benefited from those leaving ahead of them AND they got 5 more years than they had planned. They also can continue to practice their craft, just not hauling the general public. I had to sit and listen to a senior WB FO lecture me about why I should support 67 because he "needs" it. Nothing to do with discrimination, he just said he was unable to save any money in his 401k because he "had to pay for college for 4 kids." My counter is you did not NEED to fully fund your kids college, you chose to do that. It's admirable, but a poor decision if you're choosing that over funding your own retirement. All he did was increase the likelihood that his kids will have to support him later in life. He could have funded part of college, while still saving...they'll make their own money. I told him I enlisted in the Guard to pay for college and offered contact information for my base recruiters. Others told me they didn't contribute to their 401k because they didn't think they should have to fund their own retirement. ...uhh wut?! If you don't think it's moral to have an age limit, then I can respect that. I disagree with it because we have all sorts of age limits for various reasons, of which most are value. But it's OK to disagree.

The status quo is 65, so the onus on data for such a change is on the pro change crowd. I was talking with my aircraft insurance broker yesterday and they said insurance premiums skyrocket in your mid to late 60s. Not sure what data they're using. Either way, I've never been a backer of the safety thing. Some are capable, some are not, same with those under 65. I'm with Ratner, I don't see anything wrong with the age limitation that everyone has known about, worked under, and benefited from their entire careers. We're all impacted by the same restriction. Nothing says we can no longer practice our craft, we just can't do it to haul the general public in the U.S.

The ones wanting status quo are not the ones drawing an arbitrary line. But ya, it's fun watching guys who got where they are by pilots retiring in front of them. Yet now that they're on top, they want to stay and suddenly it's unfair and discriminatory, but only because they didn't get their pension back.

I hear the same about the AAL 777 runway incursion at JFK. Lost the data because they then flew a leg to Europe. As long as it's not a video camera, which this isn't, then I don't see it as an issue.

We already have something like 6-9 hour CVRs, what is going to 25 going to change? I guess someone may hear my ramblings on how to best exploit the contract to get the most pay for the least amount of work.

Looks like Age 67 may be dead.

Classic example of 0200 at the bar vs the next morning regret.

Entrenched civilians we're the biggest pains in the ass to deal with in my career. Too many of them still quoting AFR 35-10 and CBPO. For you young punks, that's AFI 36-2903 and MPF respectively. There should be term limits for these guys as they as their contacts/references/etc... have a shelf life. One of the worst I dealt with was a logistics dude (who will probably die in his job) at Spang when we redeployed through there in 2018ish. Dude thought he carried the weight of the Base/CC (probably becuase the CC hated dealing with him and let him run amuck), and was one roadblock after another.

Hopefully a 63 or 64 year old willing to fall on his sword on his way out the door a little early. ...legends live forever!

Lol, we had an AD patch on loan for a deployment and the dude got himself a Bronze Star for showing up...total joke. I've read AAR's that warranted DFC's (or higher), but we're never received for whatever reason. I remember when our base got an AD WG/CC, and the dude REALLY cared about medals. Apparently, he wasn't happy with the fact that, as a Major, I had two MSM's, but no AFCM. Guess what I got within a few months... One of the reasons I had a second MSM's is becuase we had a staff weenie get sent down to be an OG (box checking...now a 1 star), who was passed over on his first O-6 board due in part becuase he lacked an MSM...or so his bro network told him. Guess what the squadron got a few months later.... Our medals are a fucking joke, which is why I've never cared for them. When we expect that you get X medal as a Lt and X medal as Capt, etc.... we're fucked. Hell, I'm missing an Air Medal that I never bothered to track down because I didn't care to waste my time. If you have a SS, AFC, MOH...I'll raise an eyebrow. Even then, I know there are plenty of actions that probably warranted those medals, that were never recognized.

*Promote ahead of peers*

Depends on what she looks like.

Now that funny and not something I'd ever thought about. When I was doing augmented ops, noone cared or thought about who was in the left seat when the Captain was on break. Then again, we also don't bid for the "bunkie" position. The Captain, or more likely a conversation between all us, decides who gets what landings then we figure out the breaks with the landing pilot getting their choice. Who gets the landings was mostly dependent on keeping people current, or not current if they wanted to go to the sim for bounces. I've heard in other shops, people can be quite militant about who gets the landings.

Ya all 3 airlines I've flown for has this as well. If the captain doesn't have 100 pic in type, you can't shoot cat 2 or 3 and you have additives to cat 1 approaches. There are some exceptions if you have time in the right seat in that type. There are also restrictions on pairing two new pilots.

I can't disagree with keeping it to yourself unless specifically discussing it within trusted agents. However, it's not our problem that their assumptions are wrong. It's not about what someone thinks is fair, it's what the law/gov says is fair.

Could have been him mins Captain. A buddy had to be rerouted out of a leg yesterday because he's a brand new Captain in his plane and the wx was below his mins as a newb on the fleet.

There is no explaining any of it other than PFM. An admin master sergeant just retired from my base after a career of clerk work, where he only deployed once, to a desk at the deid. Dude has 100% disability. Meanwhile, an old fighter pilot who has deployed countless times and can't look behind him without turning his entire body around is sitting at 40%. He who complains/documents the most, seems to end up with a high rating.

I was a punk when they rolled out the coat hanger abortion that was the first release of JMPS. We didn't have any civilian help so it was left to the punks to get it up and running, fix any bugs and make it work. I spent lots of time on the phone with Penguin (can't remember his last name...Roberts maybe) out at Hill, who was a former fighter guy and the guru on JMPS. If I remember correctly, he said JMPS told wasn't certified because the engineers showed that sometimes ut produced an error of 1 knot on the abort speed. This is how dumb they are with this shit. I'd love to put everyone in the sim and force them to make an abort decision with exactly 1 knot difference. Or even better, have everyone try to gonk told manually and have everyone get the correct numbers and an abort speed within a knot lol.

Like DSG's getting full flight pay, I'll believe it when I see it. ILS 4 has to be hand flown from FAF inbound.

Consider yourself in the presence of greatness. We may not have seatback in-flight entertainment, but at least our wifi sucks!

Lol, you're fired! Here is your multi-million dollar severance package with access to company corporate jets for life and a follow on job.

I remember my first trip to ORD at my regional. We got on the A taxiway and the alley was blocked, so the Captain just kept making right turns between A and B without a clearance. He's said just don't stop and and they couldn't care less what we do, if you stop, they yell at you lol. I've unfortunately flown there enough to know what taxi route they'll give me, but I avoid the place big time. One of my bids is actually avoid long layovers at ORD, because of the long ass drive into downtown during rush hour. This is of the many reasons I like flying the 717 into all the burgs & villes throughout the eastern U.S. You almost never have wait on anything, no conga line, rarely any "flow," one taxiway to one of the 5 gates, security is a breeze, and the people are nice. The hardest part about these airports is sometimes you have to turn the lights on yourself and occasionally you have use your phone to get a clearance.

The key to getting lost on the airport is to never admit it. Just keep moving and hope you figure it out soon. A few days ago in CAE, we had a Bonanza request progressive after receiving one of the easiest taxi instructions I've ever heard. Tower, keyed the mic 3 or 4 times (likely thinking WTF) and finally said just follow the 717. We taxied an little further ahead and made a right on to the runway. I'm guessing their iPad died 🤣.