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Hey SPOOK I'm with you on this one (as usual) ,drooling ,feable Dennis 99564 ;) den --- Georgia Trehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm > before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > My apologies to the individuals who have seen my > message already - > > > What really bugs me is that our culture seems to be > zeroed in on what it says on a person's birth > certificate rather than on the person's health, > fitness level, skills, and abilities. > > There are (many) elementary school kids that have > diabetes. An alarming number of elementary, junior > high, and high school kids can't even pass basic > fitness tests. > > On the other hand there are people in their 60s, > 70s, > 80s, and even 90's that run marathons, climb > mountains, sky, skydive, do long distance bicycle > trips, surf, etc. > > My point is why not look at the individual person > rather than their birth certificate? While we're at > it, stop forcing airline pilots to retire at 60. > OK, > so put them through stringent physical and mental > tests if you must, but let the ones continue who > are > up to the job. > > Airline pilots don't suddenly turn into drooling, > feeble morons just because they hit their 60th > birthday. Geez. > > Personally, given the choice, I'd rather have a > sharp, > fit, very experienced, 60+ airline captain in > charge > when the **** hits the fan in bad weather or > whatever, > rather than a guy that just graduated for airline > pilot school and is conviced that he is God's gift > to > avaition. > > Spook > > PS OK folks. I usually get blasted when I make > comments so if you absolutely have to shoot at me, > bring it on. > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > ========================================================================== ==== > To leave this forum go to: > http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on > http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides! http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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