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Old Sep 29, 2010, 9:14 am
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Alumino
 
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I have to call BS on the average age of FAs on any US carrier being 60 years old. While it is clearly obvious to me that the average FA age for US carriers is higher than for non-US carriers, (and this can certainly manifest as FA grumpiness and reduced service quality to passengers), for the average age to be 60, there would have to be a significant population of FAs between the ages of 60 and 70 in order to compensate for the FAs in the 20-60 age group.

So, for the 35-year old FA who was quoted in the article, there would have to be a corresponding population of FAs to collectively average out to an age of 60. So, say:
-1 35-year old and and 1 95-year old; or
-1 35-year old and 2 72.5-year olds; or
-1 35-year old and 3 68-year olds; or
-1 35-year old and 4 66-year olds; or
-1 35-year old and 5 65-year olds;
etc

Sorry, but I don't think that for every 35-year old FA, there are 5 65-year old FAs. And the above numbers would get even more absurd if we were talking about a 25-year old FA.

Again, not saying that US carriers don't skew older, I just don't think the average age is 60.
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