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11. Commercial airline pilots have to retire at 65

Mon May 25, 2026, 09:45 AM

2 hrs ago

and they don't even have the nuclear codes.

Just saying...

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80 years old is too old to be President? [View all] kentuck 5 hrs ago OP

i'm almost there rampartd 5 hrs ago #1

Yet some perform well into their 90s bucolic_frolic 5 hrs ago #2

I'm sure the stress of the job may also take a toll... kentuck 5 hrs ago #3

I've always said NJCher 4 hrs ago #6

Yes, I've often envisioned him without money PatSeg 2 hrs ago #13

Back in 2015 someone made a youtube of Trump if he were born without $$ IrishAfricanAmerican 38 min ago #17

Ronald Reagan did not find it stressful at all. delisen 2 hrs ago #10

JFK became a Senator at the age of 36 Kaleva 2 hrs ago #12

There should be age limits for members of Congress as well. ProudMNDemocrat 4 hrs ago #5

I have no problem with older representatives. delisen 3 hrs ago #8

It is ageism. delisen 4 hrs ago #7

Commercial airline pilots have to retire at 65 Grim Chieftain 2 hrs ago #11

I'll turn 80 next year... GiqueCee 2 hrs ago #14

How many 80 year olds do you see daily delisen 2 hrs ago #15

Agreed. It's simply biology not ageism. paleotn 1 hr ago #16

I agree with the premise of your post. Tom Rinaldo 7 min ago #21

A 92 year old (Grassley) is fourth in line for the presidency question everything 18 min ago #19

If an existential emergency breaks out during nap time... Swede 11 min ago #20

I go exclusively by quality gulliver 1 min ago #22