The Pol
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God be with his family and may he rest in peace. I certainly hope that the flight crew, the FO in particular get some serious counselling after this ordeal.
The ironic part of this is that this guy would NOT have been allowed to fly about a year ago. The mandatory retirement age was set at 60 years of age.
Lobbying from older pilots who lost thier pensions in the post 9-11 bankrupcies led to a change in the federal rule, extending a pilots working years to 65. This captain was 61.
Again, my thoughts are with his family and certainly with the crew that was present during his death. I can hear the lobbying to change the retirement age already beginning.
Captain "Pol"
"Lord guard and guide the men who fly
Through the great spaces of the sky;
Be with them traversing the air
In darkening storms or sunshine fair.
Thou who dost keep with tender might
The balanced birds in all thier flight,
Thou of the tempered winds be near,
That, having thee, they know no fear.
Aloft in solitudes of space,
Uphold then with thy saving grace.
Thro' the lonely ways beneath the sky. Amen"
The ironic part of this is that this guy would NOT have been allowed to fly about a year ago. The mandatory retirement age was set at 60 years of age.
Lobbying from older pilots who lost thier pensions in the post 9-11 bankrupcies led to a change in the federal rule, extending a pilots working years to 65. This captain was 61.
Again, my thoughts are with his family and certainly with the crew that was present during his death. I can hear the lobbying to change the retirement age already beginning.
Captain "Pol"
"Lord guard and guide the men who fly
Through the great spaces of the sky;
Be with them traversing the air
In darkening storms or sunshine fair.
Thou who dost keep with tender might
The balanced birds in all thier flight,
Thou of the tempered winds be near,
That, having thee, they know no fear.
Aloft in solitudes of space,
Uphold then with thy saving grace.
Thro' the lonely ways beneath the sky. Amen"