Originally Posted by
notEnuf
Age limit removed due to lack of qualified pilots.
Should we let them in at the bottom or hold them in at the top? ALPA's next dilemma. We were against guns until we were for guns, remember? "65 and no more" was heard a lot, a few years back. 60 was a hard number for how many years? Bets on 65?
It made sense to move to age 65, that's what ICAO had as their age limit. Age 65 is still their limit...until they increase that age limit, I'm not too worried about the FAA changing age 65.
2nd hand info, so I can't vouch for the validity of the following. Japan approached ICAO/FAA about increasing to age 67 and they said no way.