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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.
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 ...
The legislation does not call for raising the retirement age for commercial airline pilots to 67 from 65. Airline interests have been pushing this move to address a nationwide shortage of pilots.
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 ...
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.
Effective August 1, 2013, all airline pilots must have an Airline Transport Pilot Certificate (ATP) or an Airline Transport Pilot Certificate with restricted Privileges (ATP-r). An ATP allows a pilot to act as the captain or first officer of an airline flight and requires 1,500 hours of total flight time as well as other requirements (i.e. 25 ...
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 ...