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Nevets · 02-19-2008, 03:36 PM

FAA Information

This memo is to advise you of the FAA’s interpretations of FTEPA and to share with you ALPA’s list of FAQs concerning FTEPA. We expect to supplement and update this memo as additional information becomes available. Please continue to update Jim Wilson (james.wilson@alpa.org) about developments and issues that arise in this area on the properties on which you work so that we may remain consistent in our responses to members’ questions.

Since the FTEPA was signed into law the FAA has released information outlining its understanding of the legislation. The FAA has stated through the release of InFO Bulletins that:

-FAR 121.383(c), which established age 60 as the maximum age for service as a pilot, is no longer effective.
-A pilot over the age of 60 in international operations must be paired with a pilot under age 60 (consistent with the current ICAO requirement). The pilot under age 60 need not be on the flight deck at all times while a pilot over age 60 is on the flight deck. (But see Q/A 7 below regarding critical phases of flight.)
-In domestic operations both pilots may be over age 60.
-A pilot who reaches age 60 on or after 12/13/07 may continue to serve as a pilot.
-A person who reached age 60 before 12/13/07 may be employed or reemployed as a new-hire a pilot.
-A pilot over age 60 will not be subject to different, greater, or more frequent medical exams.
-A pilot over age 60 must hold a first class medical certificate, renewable on a 6 month cycle.
-An air carrier employing pilots over age 60 must adjust its training program to ensure that such pilots’ skill and judgment continue at acceptable levels.
-A pilot over age 60 must undergo a line check at 6 month intervals.
-For pilots over age 60 acting as SIC, a regularly scheduled simulator evaluation may substitute for a required line check.

The FAA likely will continue to update its statements concerning FTEPA as additional questions are submitted to them for clarification. We suggest that you monitor the Age 65 InFO portion of the FAA Web Site at http://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviat...nfo/all_infos/
for up-to-date information from the FAA.

Please note that the statute as enacted by Congress takes precedence over any contrary view expressed by the FAA. At the same time, the FAA does have authority with respect to air carriers and flight crewmember certification that may enable it to place interpretations on the statute to fulfill its responsibilities. Accordingly, if there is at any point an apparent conflict between the FAA’s interpretation and the statutory language, it is especially important to seek guidance through Jim Wilson as discussed above.

02-19-2008, 03:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
Nevets ALPA Pilot Joined APC: Dec 2007 Position: EMB 145 CPT Posts: 766	FAA Information and ALPA’s FAQs FAA Information This memo is to advise you of the FAA’s interpretations of FTEPA and to share with you ALPA’s list of FAQs concerning FTEPA. We expect to supplement and update this memo as additional information becomes available. Please continue to update Jim Wilson (james.wilson@alpa.org) about developments and issues that arise in this area on the properties on which you work so that we may remain consistent in our responses to members’ questions. Since the FTEPA was signed into law the FAA has released information outlining its understanding of the legislation. The FAA has stated through the release of InFO Bulletins that: -FAR 121.383(c), which established age 60 as the maximum age for service as a pilot, is no longer effective. -A pilot over the age of 60 in international operations must be paired with a pilot under age 60 (consistent with the current ICAO requirement). The pilot under age 60 need not be on the flight deck at all times while a pilot over age 60 is on the flight deck. (But see Q/A 7 below regarding critical phases of flight.) -In domestic operations both pilots may be over age 60. -A pilot who reaches age 60 on or after 12/13/07 may continue to serve as a pilot. -A person who reached age 60 before 12/13/07 may be employed or reemployed as a new-hire a pilot. -A pilot over age 60 will not be subject to different, greater, or more frequent medical exams. -A pilot over age 60 must hold a first class medical certificate, renewable on a 6 month cycle. -An air carrier employing pilots over age 60 must adjust its training program to ensure that such pilots’ skill and judgment continue at acceptable levels. -A pilot over age 60 must undergo a line check at 6 month intervals. -For pilots over age 60 acting as SIC, a regularly scheduled simulator evaluation may substitute for a required line check. The FAA likely will continue to update its statements concerning FTEPA as additional questions are submitted to them for clarification. We suggest that you monitor the Age 65 InFO portion of the FAA Web Site at http://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviat...nfo/all_infos/ for up-to-date information from the FAA. Please note that the statute as enacted by Congress takes precedence over any contrary view expressed by the FAA. At the same time, the FAA does have authority with respect to air carriers and flight crewmember certification that may enable it to place interpretations on the statute to fulfill its responsibilities. Accordingly, if there is at any point an apparent conflict between the FAA’s interpretation and the statutory language, it is especially important to seek guidance through Jim Wilson as discussed above.