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04-24-2018 | 05:37 PM

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NetJets Pilots Cry Foul over Age 65 Retirement Rule

NetJets pilots charge that the provision was slipped into the bill at the 11th hour by Shuster at the behest of NetJets, which wants to force out older pilots in favor of younger ones, a strategy they say will save the company millions of dollars at the expense of some 700 pilots who will lose their jobs over the next few years.

“NetJets senior management has decided that hundreds of its loyal, highly trained and experienced aviators are ‘unsafe’ — or too costly — based solely on a pilot’s age,” a NetJets pilot, who asked not to be identified, told Flying. “This is not about pilot safety. This is about saving money. NetJets believes it can save millions of dollars by firing its older pilots, and without any sort of retirement benefits.”

https://www.flyingmag.com/netjets-pi...le?enews042418

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