Thread: Age 67
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Old 06-15-2023 | 12:32 PM
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Andy
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Originally Posted by Rangerover
There will be a lot of training associated with 65-67 yr old pilots not being able to fly internationally.
IF age 67 passes in the US, how many minutes do you think that ICAO will take to change the upper age from 65 to 67?
How many seconds will it take for other countries to jump on the 67 bandwagon? There's a shortage of pilots worldwide.

By the way, this is from a 2006 ICAO report (before it went to 65):
Nine States (Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, New Zealand, Russian Federation, Senegal, and Ukraine) have no upper age limit[color=#525960], whereas fifty-five have an upper age limit higher than 60 years, ranging from 62 to 72 years.


For those that oppose an age change, my best recommendation is to write as many Senators and Congressmen as you can with a well crafted argument against changing the age. Your email will be read by a staffer - likely a young staffer. If your email has enough merit to it, it will be pushed up through the staff to the representative. A sincere good luck to you; it's going to be an uphill battle.
Here are a couple of large hurdles favoring a change:
-Changing retirement age to 67 helps keep social security solvent for a little bit longer
-Any summer meltdown 'due to pilot shortages' will make this more likely to remain attached to the FAA reauthorization bill.

Last edited by Andy; 06-15-2023 at 01:02 PM.