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Old 05-13-2022 | 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Andy
I agree; that will make it easier for me to LTD out. Perhaps add cognitive testing ... I'm sure there are more than a few here that think I have a defective brain. I think I can fail that test fairly easily.

Here's an article confirming that it's a rumor that Sen Graham's pushing this:
https://airlineweekly.com/2022/05/se...etirement-age/
If you're thinking about writing a letter to his office, he's currently 66 so I don't think it'll be very effective.

Given that this is an election year and there's still a lot of work to be done on this, I wouldn't expect to see a change before 2023; probably after the new batch of congresscritters get sworn in.
Maybe Biden will veto it? I mean, a 79 year old will surely have a problem with raising the retirement age to 67.
Also, a lot of our congresscritters are older than 67. So if (more likely when) this gets out of committee, it's likely to pass.
After reading the article it's pretty easy to see who the Lobbyist's are. The regionals and all the airlines having hiring issues. I suppose it will cause a bunch of training churn and expense at the legacies if the widebody pilots can't fly internationally.

I as long as we have the young whipper snappers like Grassly, Feinstein, and the rest of the adult diaper wearing bunch it will pass. Hopefully the law is written to require adult diaper changing tables on all aircraft.