Originally Posted by
Nevets
4. If ALPA was just along for the ride, age 65 would have been much worse.
Serious question, how could it have been worse? Age 70 was not going to happen without ICAO precedent.
Enhanced medical exams and standards is about all I can think of, and I suspect the airlines would fight against that... washing out half the pilot force by age 55 would only enhance the "big pilot shortage" defeat the point for them.
The biggest thing was making it so guys couldn't come back into the seniority list.