Comments on: Career Choices http://www.aroundthepattern.com/professional-flying/career-choices/ Ramblings about flying for fun and profit. Wed, 16 Jun 2010 07:28:43 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: "anonymous" http://www.aroundthepattern.com/professional-flying/career-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-28 "anonymous" Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:20:28 +0000 http://www.aroundthepattern.com/?p=30#comment-28 Thanks for YOUR input to Sam's "meward" diatribe and faulty reasoning . I came across his blog as I was researching the impact on some friends to be soon affect by the UAL cutbacks. Having been thru it all, and now hearing from some very junior pilots, that their current woes lie with the recent legislation that increased pilot retirement age/retention at the top...I just had to respond to Sam and the absurdity of his remarks as well. Thanks for YOUR input to Sam’s “meward” diatribe and faulty reasoning . I came across his blog as I was researching the impact on some friends to be soon affect by the UAL cutbacks.

Having been thru it all, and now hearing from some very junior pilots, that their current woes lie with the recent legislation that increased pilot retirement age/retention at the top…I just had to respond to Sam and the absurdity of his remarks as well.

]]> By: Overnight in China | aroundthepattern.com http://www.aroundthepattern.com/professional-flying/career-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Overnight in China | aroundthepattern.com Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:57:56 +0000 http://www.aroundthepattern.com/?p=30#comment-25 [...] keeping with Rule Number 2 for airline pilots he has used the contacts that he made while in his 'furlough jobs' to start an aviation consulting [...] [...] keeping with Rule Number 2 for airline pilots he has used the contacts that he made while in his ‘furlough jobs’ to start an aviation consulting [...]

]]> By: Tim http://www.aroundthepattern.com/professional-flying/career-choices/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Tim Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:32:47 +0000 http://www.aroundthepattern.com/?p=30#comment-24 There has been a lot of discussion on the part of those at the bottom of the food chain about how pilots between the ages of 60 and 65 are affecting the careers of those at the bottom of the seniority list. In any other industry those that have been with their company the longest have the greatest job security. Flying should not be any different. With pilots now at a parity with other industries with regard to eliminating age discrimination it shouldn't be a surprise that those at the bottom of the seniority lists would try to cry foul. Yours is the first eloquent assessment of the issue of the age 65 rule that I've read. Thank you for taking the time to post your counter point to Sam's emotional and simplistic complaint Kudos. There has been a lot of discussion on the part of those at the bottom of the food chain about how pilots between the ages of 60 and 65 are affecting the careers of those at the bottom of the seniority list.

In any other industry those that have been with their company the longest have the greatest job security. Flying should not be any different. With pilots now at a parity with other industries with regard to eliminating age discrimination it shouldn’t be a surprise that those at the bottom of the seniority lists would try to cry foul.

Yours is the first eloquent assessment of the issue of the age 65 rule that I’ve read. Thank you for taking the time to post your counter point to Sam’s emotional and simplistic complaint

Kudos.

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