As a Captain myself with over 5000 hours, I can say every single word of the linked blog is true and accurate with no exaggeration.
The thing thats astounding in all of this, is how both the FAA and the airlines sat for 5 years since they mandated age 65 and did absolutely nothing. Now, everybody is begging for forgiveness and leeway.
How do they expect future ATP to get 1500 hours? Cargo and CFI time? Sims? Even circling around in a Cessna 150 at $50/hour that's $75k and it's not even useful time.
Seems like a great time to downsize the US Air Force (and other military/government organizations with employ pilots); every (manned, not UAV) pilot and aircraft they cut would also get rid of 50-200 support at various levels.
The thing thats astounding in all of this, is how both the FAA and the airlines sat for 5 years since they mandated age 65 and did absolutely nothing. Now, everybody is begging for forgiveness and leeway.