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Recently a 72 yo went blind in flight (stroke?) and safely landed in the
drink in FL. Several comments were that age should be considered in keeping your PPL. I can see this makes sense /but/ it would prolly be illegal. Too old? If so, at what age do you place the cutoff? |
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In rec.aviation.piloting Gezellig wrote:
Recently a 72 yo went blind in flight (stroke?) and safely landed in the drink in FL. Several comments were that age should be considered in keeping your PPL. I can see this makes sense /but/ it would prolly be illegal. Too old? If so, at what age do you place the cutoff? When you can't pass the medical; that's what it is for. Everyone's biology is different. I think just about everyone knows people who are healthy as a horse and in their late 80's and people who've dropped dead in their 50's. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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In rec.aviation.owning Gezellig wrote:
On Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:35:05 GMT, wrote: In these litigious days it is highly unlikely there will ever be an absolute cut off age for flying, driving, or anything else. About the only reasons one exists for airline pilots is international treaties and a general lack of interest. I see little correlation to driving (a necessity) and flying (hardly one) yet there have been attempts to enforce max driving age in many states. Look again. Driving is a privilege by law in every state in the US; not a right, not a necessity. The legal status of private driving is no different then that of private flying. Every attempt to even enact a physical for driving past a certain age has been shot down as age discrimination. I *can* see that this age-PPL thing could easily become a political football (Vegas for instance) where a very small minority takes it in the chin "for the public good". hell, ppl don't want planes flying over them for any reason, getting the codgers out of the air would get near complete public approval imo. The Vegas thing is nothing more than a local bureaucrat in the pocket of developers shooting off his mouth. Now, curious, how old are you? I'm mid 50s. Early 60's. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 13:12:54 -0400, Gezellig wrote:
On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:25:08 GMT, wrote: In rec.aviation.piloting Gezellig wrote: Recently a 72 yo went blind in flight (stroke?) and safely landed in the drink in FL. Several comments were that age should be considered in keeping your PPL. I can see this makes sense /but/ it would prolly be illegal. Too old? If so, at what age do you place the cutoff? When you can't pass the medical; that's what it is for. Everyone's biology is different. I think just about everyone knows people who are healthy as a horse and in their late 80's and people who've dropped dead in their 50's. Jim, the medical isn't much comfort imo. Yes, everyone is different and the same. We all age..at differing rates, for sure. My concern is that much like all kinds of Federal legislation that an age is picked which envelopes those that do need to be out of the air with a majority that do not. Below is a perfect example of the aggressive behavior against GA pilots. To think an age cutoff is unreasonable is to ignore the obvious. http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1201-full.html#198691 |
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In rec.aviation.owning Gezellig wrote:
On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 13:12:54 -0400, Gezellig wrote: On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:25:08 GMT, wrote: In rec.aviation.piloting Gezellig wrote: Recently a 72 yo went blind in flight (stroke?) and safely landed in the drink in FL. Several comments were that age should be considered in keeping your PPL. I can see this makes sense /but/ it would prolly be illegal. Too old? If so, at what age do you place the cutoff? When you can't pass the medical; that's what it is for. Everyone's biology is different. I think just about everyone knows people who are healthy as a horse and in their late 80's and people who've dropped dead in their 50's. Jim, the medical isn't much comfort imo. Yes, everyone is different and the same. We all age..at differing rates, for sure. My concern is that much like all kinds of Federal legislation that an age is picked which envelopes those that do need to be out of the air with a majority that do not. Below is a perfect example of the aggressive behavior against GA pilots. To think an age cutoff is unreasonable is to ignore the obvious. http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1201-full.html#198691 Did you actually read the article? The pilot involved sued the government for damages. The ruling was he wasn't due any damages since he could not show any loss. What has this to do with anything? -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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Gezellig writes:
Below is a perfect example of the aggressive behavior against GA pilots. To think an age cutoff is unreasonable is to ignore the obvious. http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/1201-full.html#198691 No mention of age, and he still has his license. The issue was one of privacy, not flight restrictions. |
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