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Old 06-17-2023 | 03:54 PM
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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.
Here. Enjoy all the fluff about how they are selflessly sacrificing themselves to save the traveling public, etc. Every argument they make can be refuted. One of my personal favorites is how say they will be the force necessary to maintain air service to Mason City, Iowa and like communities. If they really want to do that, they can dial 1-800-Essential-Air-Service and start at the bottom….👍🏻

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