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The Federal Aviation Administration is warning Congress not to raise the mandatory retirement age for airline pilots until the agency can study whether older pilots would raise safety risks. FAA ...
Pilots: the mandatory retirement age of airline pilots is 65. The Fair Treatment for Experienced Pilots Act (Public Law 110-135) went into effect on 13 December 2007, raising the age to 65 from the previous 60. [27] Air traffic controllers: Mandatory retirement age of 56, with exceptions up to age 61.
A U.S. Senate committee on Thursday voted on legislation to boost safety inspector and air traffic controller staffing, but declined to endorse raising the airline pilot retirement age to 67 from 65.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The head of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration told Congress in a letter on Monday that lawmakers should not raise the mandatory retirement age of airline pilots to 67 ...
These are airlines who operate scheduled flights carrying either cargo or more than nine passengers. [19] Among the many Part 121 rules, pilots must have 1,500 of flight time and must retire by age 65. [20] Part 133 is external load (helicopter) operations. Part 135 defines commuter and charter-type air carriers. These airlines can fly ...
The U.S. House of Representatives in July voted 351-69 on a sweeping bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that would hike the mandatory pilot retirement age to 67 but the ...
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 prohibits mandatory retirement prior to age 70, but section 4(f)(1) provides an exception: "where age is a bona fide occupational qualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of the particular business." [2] [3] [4]
ALPA and other pilot unions oppose a bill in the U.S. Congress that seeks to raise the retirement age for commercial airline pilots to 67 from 65, arguing it will "introduce new risk" into the ...