Originally Posted by
Half wing
I saw a chart once that plotted accidents in incidents by age in some aviation publication. It showed accidents/incidents increasing rapidly between 60-65. I remember thinking that must be how they came up with the age 60 rule. Interesting there still needs to be someone under 60 with someone over 60 in the cockpit. The chart also showed the least accidents/incidents around age 35.
The 60 thing developed from Elwood Quesada being tired of answering to airline graybeards telling him how to run the FAA.(CAA?)