8hourrule

http://youtu.be/1GpLyCAQlsk

Climbto450

Someone please shut down this thread....

Ludicrous Speed

Why?









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Packrat

Because they're afraid it might give the Feds an "idea".

WesternSkies

Medical exams will change and then the age limit will be pushed back if not repealed.
This will actually clear out many current guys younger than 65 who have an "in" with their AME.

ExAF

Holy necroposting Batman! What on earth prompted you to dig this up?

PerfInit

YAWN... Nothing to see here, move along... Let's review "Civics 101" - FAA does NOT have the authority to just "decide" to change the retirement age. Congress must pass a bill, which the President signs to become law/statute. The new law then directs the agency to amend the regulation.

rickair7777

That's the cartoon version.

Reality however...

The congressional mechanisms (staff & committees) which write and amend laws related to government functions typically rely on the relevant federal agency(s) to make recommendations, and in fact many such laws have their origins in the federal bureaucracy, not congress.

Unless there is a high-visibility political issue, or somebody really has a bug up their butt, congress will probably go with FAA recommendations on something like this. Also possible that special interests (unions & airlines) have an influence as well.

In the case of age 67...it would probably pass unless airlines are opposed, or there is solid science showing an exponential jump in risk between 65 and 67, or there's a high profile crash caused by a geriatric pilot. Just need somebody (like ATA) to jumpstart the process. Won't be too long now. ALPA won't be able to do much, since they probably don't have enough science to back their case. Actually ALPA knows which side of their bread is buttered, and it's the senior wide-body captain side.

BoilerUP

I'd argue ICAO Annex 1 would have to raise the retirement age before the FAA and Congress attempted it.

Packrat

That is the bottom line.