Originally Posted by
MalteseX
From the proposed legislation:
[i](c) Applicability- The provisions of subsection (a) (ie. allowing age 60 to 65 back into the pilot seats) shall not provide a basis for a claim of seniority under any labor agreement in effect between a recognized bargaining unit for pilots and an air carrier engaged in operations under part 121 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, that is made by a person who was a pilot and who attained 60 years of age before the effective date described in subsection (e) and is seeking a position as a pilot with such air carrier following that person's termination or cessation of employment or promotion or transfer to another position with such air carrier pursuant to section 121.383(c) of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on the day before the effective date described in subsection (e).[/I]
I think what that means in legalese is that the
statute itself will not provide a basis for a claim. This
would not, however, preclude the use of an existing collective bargaining agreement as a basis for a claim of seniority...