Well I'd be curious to see what people in the industry on CP have to say, as the aviation industry is something I've really only just dipped a toenail into at this point.
So I'll avoid getting too anecdotal, but I've been reading pilot's reaction to this and there's been quite a few stories shared about babysitting an old guy who has no business being in the cockpit anymore. The health tests also don't test mental function, they're just physicals
My understanding is a lot of the pilot shortage is almost artificial. Like most labour shortages that the media talks about, the places that are struggling are the ones that pay poorly and/or treat people like crap. Regionals that pay $50k a year seem to be the ones struggling to retain pilots, whereas where these old 60+ year old pilots are flying are largely legacy carriers, they have no shortages.
Plus if it really was something they wanted to address, they could always remove some of the entry barriers and/or subsidize training, like every other industry would. Raising the max-age seems like a solution in search of a problem
(Plus the purely selfish angle: Get out of my way, boomers)
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