Thread: Age 67???
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Old 07-31-2012 | 08:07 AM
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Enjoy the ride, Timbo, I'm doing a sim course for excitement.

Any change in the Age 65 rule in the US is now only in the rumor stage, but I suspect it is inevitable. The Age 60 rule was the hard to change and it took many lawsuits, ALPA changing stance and bankruptcies to force the change. The next change will be far easier. Remember Age 60 was an FAA imposition where no rule had existed, it was hated, too. FAA chief Quesada imposed it because he was USAF and thought pilots had no business flying after 60, not for any scientifically supported reason.

I know lots of 65+ corporate pilots that are doing fine, are sharp and want to keep going. Not sure I like it, but that is the way it is.

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