When the owner of one of Alaska’s most famous air carriers hung up his headset last week, local airport officials were ready to commemorate it in northern style. As Robert Everts taxied an Everts Air Freight C-46 Commando to the terminal, a Fairbanks Airport snowblower was ready to shower the renowned aviator with a cloud of snow. Everts said the tribute was a “little more violent” than he anticipated as he closed one chapter in a storied career. He turned 65 last Friday and is no longer able to fly Part 121 flights.
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Yet another example of lazy, moronic, and scientifically indefensible regulations based on something totally unrelated to an ability to do the job safely.
Yeah it’s really crazy that regulation still exists. I see airplane pilots get so upset at anyone suggesting even upping it 2 years to age 67 and they never even bother making the safety argument it’s just all about their seniority number. They also love their union and don’t realize they could maybe ask their union to get a contract in place that doesn’t make their job terrible unless pilots are forced to retire because the calendar moves forward another day. In no other industry is there forced retirement and yet younger people can still find entry level jobs, get promoted, etc. maybe a slightly slower pace then with forced retirement but forcing retirement purely by age and not ability to do the job is ridiculous.
“A little violent” yeah, there’s pretty big chunks coming out of those snowblowers.