Originally Posted by
BoilerUP
Because ICAO has not announced an increase in mandatory retirement age like it did in November 2006, the FAA has not announced an increase in mandatory retirement age like it did in December 2006, NS EASA's own commissioned study in the topic last year recommended maintaining its current maximum age of 65?
The conclusions you are drawing from the "publicly available information" simply don't jive with, well, the publicly available information you cite.
The "drone pilot" nonsense is little more than a red herring.
You're connecting dots like a caller on Coast to Coast...
Yes, the independent review did recommend the age remain at age 65, but ICAO, the FAA, and the other bodies are moving forward with the age change.
Go to the link below and look at slide 3-, 31, & 32 on ICAO's website from the May 7, 2019 meeting/presentation.
https://www.icao.int/safety/aviation...%20Study_c.pdf
FACT - These slides specifically state:
FACT - A reduction of the maximum monthly/yearly FTL to 80% of the maximum allowed for pilots
over 65 performing CAT multi pilot operations (see presentation).
FACT - Development of options based on the feedback from the Workshop and Medical Examiner Group (MEG), etc.
FACT - The parties will work closely with ICAO and the International Authorities on the future steps to (simultaneously) coordinate (worldwide) actions.
FACT - EASA high-level decision - Impact assessment will be consulted with EASA Advisory Bodies.
FACT - Further feedback from the advisory bodies on the way forward.
FACT - Regulatory activities (to increase the mandatory CAT multi engine age) in congruence with the (aeromedical) decision.
Drone pilots are coming. I guess you know more than the FAA, Boeing, and Airbus who have invested billions of dollars in this program, which begins testing this year.