Originally Posted by Unicornpilot

On March 18-19 ICAO, IATA, the FAA, EASA, and about 60 other participants met in Cologne, Germany to discuss medical findings and the Working Group's desire to increase the mandatory retirement pilot age due the worldwide shortage and lack of experience of new pilots.

The parties met again in Las Vegas on May 7, 2019 and the Working Group was tasked to have the Best Intervention Strategy (BIS) completed for Working Group and its Advisory Bodies by October 31, 2019.

This (BIS) strategy would include:

· Development of options based on the feedback from the Workshop and Medical Examiner Group (MEG), etc.

· The parties will work closely with ICAO and the International Authorities on the future steps to (simultaneously) coordinate (worldwide) actions.

· ICAO/EASA high-level decision - Impact assessment will be consulted with EASA Advisory Bodies.

· Further feedback from the advisory bodies including the FAA on the way forward.

ICAO, IATA (International Air Transport Association lobby group for evey major airline in the world), the European Union's EASA, the U.S. FAA, China CAA, Japan CAA, and New Zealand CAA all support the group.

It is expected the worldwide regulatory guidance, new medical standards, and U.S. federal law change authorized by Congress will all simultaneously occur in the beginning of 2020.

The new FAR will be: 14 CFR Part 121.383, Amendment HR 4343, FAA INFO 08001.

The ICAO regulation will be ICAO Annex 1, Para 2.11.10.1 and ICAO Annex 1, Amendment 167.