The mandatory retirement age for airline pilots was 60. This new bill/law increases that age to 65. Many of the older pilots believe if they are still physically able and willing to fly there should be no reason to retire.
Many of the current airline pilots feel negatively because it slows their careers progressions down by "5 years"... instead of them being able to upgrade as these pilots are forced to retire, they now have to sit in the right hand seat for another 5 years...
Also, the regional pilots are upset because this takes many of the job openings away from the majors, so they are stuck longer at the low paying regionals.
Then it all boils down to people like me, who have yet to enter the industry professionally. I currently have around 300 hours and would have been relatively close to getting a job with the current minimums and "pilot shortage"... now it's going to be increasing difficult to get a job and will take much more time... although i see this as a huge disadvantage, some people see it as an advantage because the hiring minumums will go back up hirer where they should/used to be... but for my sake, i don't like it. lol
thats my 2 cents anyway.
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