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OK so is every fighter pilot past and present going to sue MOD for having to look behind? How pathetic.

Did they never turn and look at Missie coming through the door five times per flight in the old days before doorlocks/cctv were compulsory?

Looks as if this guy Parry leading the case may have been a fish head pilot. https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-parry-7466735a Looks like choppers though.

Sorry for the rhetoric there guys. 'RN Pilot'. You may call me a 'crab'.

How do they ever pass driving tests if they don't look over their shoulders before driving off?

Ex-A, I once saw a bumper sticker on a car in Leuchars in the seventies:

Fly Navy! Sail Army! Walk Sideways!

Fit a rearview mirror...

Despite the seemingly spurious nature of the claims, the issue of "office" related injuries, and health, is a serious one, and these claims may only be frivolous to those whose health has not been blighted, yet. I know an ex BA Captain whose career was brought to a premature close by a rotator cuff shoulder injury that was exacerbated by his seating position.

Surely it behooves an employer to listen to its staff when they note something in their environment that is causing them discomfort, ill health (both physical and mental), or injury. The company does have a duty of care.

There is some evidence that long haul flying isn't good for your health at the best of times, although, as ever, the results of the studies that have been made are often contradictory...

I have been privy to a large scale analysis of a North American cohort of retired airline pilots on behalf of the insurance industry... the results were very interesting.

I once read that the life expectancy of shift workers was significantly lower than that of non-shift workers.

k3k3 wrote: ↑

Wed Mar 16, 2022 8:34 pm

I once read that the life expectancy of shift workers was significantly lower than that of non-shift workers.

Correct and add into that jet lag. Why do you think the actuaries calculate that an airline pilot is unlikely to live very long after retiring and give us pretty good pensions. Of course the inevitable younger 2nd 3rd or 4th wife get 50% upon death.

30 years of shift work.I loved it.4 on 6 off plus 38 days holiday.We were only in work for 4 months of the year.No wonder the bosses hated us doing it while they had to do a boring Mon to Fri pattern.

With the new dress code for BA stewards, I reckon the male pilots will get used to looking over their shoulder.

Undried Plum wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 17, 2022 12:50 pm

With the new dress code for BA stewards, I reckon the male pilots will get used to looking over their shoulder.

Standard procedure for years UP.

...........that an airline pilot is unlikely to live very long after retiring and give us pretty good pensions...........

Define " very long " ? think I may be giving the insurers a hard time. (tough ! )
......pretty good pensions.......... wrong there, but then I didn't retire with a "pretty good" salary by modern standards, or even slightly later standards. ( retired from BA at age 48 instead of 55, big mistake, but we can all look back, )

Standard procedure for years UP.

Absolutely