Originally Posted by
Andy
The only organization that is trying to raise the retirement age is the RAA (Regional Airline Association). There is no organized effort among pilots to raise the retirement age.
This is being pushed by Senators and Congressmen for at least a couple of reasons:
1) the Social Security Trust Fund is forecast to be insolvent by 2034. Increasing retirement ages of workers will help keep it solvent.
2) there have been schedule disruptions over the last couple of years that have been either directly or indirectly blamed on a shortage of pilots.
There is no organized group of pilots pushing for age 67 so unless you have proof of a secret group of pilots pushing to increase retirement age, I would suggest you redirect your fire toward the people most responsible - Congress.
"Nehls (R-TX)supports the change because his brother, a Delta pilot, is also a member of the group Raise the Pilot Age, which says on its website, “We are in favor of an increase in the mandatory pilot retirement age and disagree with the positions that our unions have taken."