Aviation medical examiners (AMEs) are working longer than in years past. The Federal Aviation Administration’s Mike Wayda reports that some AME’s are even working into their nineties. The statistical studies of data going back to 2011 compared to 2015 is a clear trend. In 2011 the average age of an AME was sixty. As of 2015 the average age is 61.5.
Perhaps even more significant, the data also shows that new AME’s, in all age brackets, are not keeping pace with attrition. So while some AME’s may be getting older, the profession as a whole is shrinking.
See the data reported in the Federal Air Surgeon’s Bulletin.
