What statistic is that? Genuinely curious.
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The SHOW: Airlines still a "good gig"??
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What statistic is that? Genuinely curious.
There's an old adage among pilots that retired FedEx guys tend to croak 2-3 years after retirement. I'm sure someone has a source, but a cursory Google search will yield some anecdotal evidence, and seemingly little in the way of concrete studies. If I remember correctly, 60 minutes did a piece on this a while back.
Is that bc they go hog wild in their first year of retirement or what?
I’ve been told anecdotally that the night schedules of cargo operators take huge tolls on pilot health.
As for the 1 year thing…I think pilots identify themselves as their jobs much more than others. Just like in the military, losing that has a huge negative effect on well-bring. At 42, most people can physically handle that distress. At 65 or 67, probably much less so, I’d wager.
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Agree with the first part. All I've ever wanted to do since I was in grade school was fly. I was blessed to be able to do that. I retired from the Navy in '94 (forced early retirement after 18 years - BRAC, budget cuts, etc.), went to the show in '95, and retired at 65 in 2016. To me, the forced early retirement from the Navy was much harder than the show. I was living my dream in the Navy. The show was a job. Yes, I enjoyed it and I did identify with it. But I soon realized that even though I never thought of it as stressful, my overall health improved considerably. I stayed busy and engaged. Much of it is mental. I moved on. I still miss it, but I'm not going to let that bring me down. You can choose to be happy or...........the alternative.
Spent the last 2.5 years flying in EUCOM where the majority of our flights had between a 2300-0400 show time. I’m 40 and it took a toll, it was physically tough and hard on the body doing that day in and day out.
For dudes in their 60s, I fully believe that a vampire schedule could significantly impact life expectancy.
I bid bankers hours. Predominantly turns. But two days to nice layovers. Max 2 legs per duty period. As much soft time as possible. I’m spoiled.
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1,366 likes, 42 comments - fergvfc13 on September 3, 2022: "Rolling into the Labor Day weekend, Delta pilots stood shoulder to shoulder with our partner airline union brothers and sisters at airpor...".
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That should help USN/USMC retention.
Random question for all you single anchor types. I’m a financial advisor in post-Navy life, and seem to have great success with pilot clients. My firm doesn’t actively market to them - usually we are connected thru professional networks or for some reason other than their employment.
However, if we did want to put ourselves in front of the pilot community, any suggestions for how to do so? We are an independent RIA (no multi-million dollar marketing budgets) so looking for an efficient way to gain eyeballs. Any thoughts appreciated.
However, if we did want to put ourselves in front of the pilot community, any suggestions for how to do so? We are an independent RIA (no multi-million dollar marketing budgets) so looking for an efficient way to gain eyeballs. Any thoughts appreciated.
Seems the routes I've seen are word of mouth, flyers around a training center, and private group message board recommendations. At my airline at least, the 401k is through Fidelity that provides advisement services after a certain portfolio threshold (400k) and Schwab advisors through the union. I've also seen sponsoring union events, airshows, social media advertising, but I can't speak to the effectiveness or price of that.
Also the desires of each person are different. I don't really want a lot of investment advice, more just maximizing my company contributions and being smart about taxes. Some folks want the full monty advisor with the associated costs.