Originally Posted by
rickair7777
I don't think you understand ICAO. They are not some omnipotent world government entity, they represent the member states and the US accounts for almost half of global business. They can allow 67 year olds to fly in other countries without impacting the age limits those countries set for their own pilots. Various countries have age limits for their own pilots between 60-62 on the low end all the way to no limit on the high end.
So member states can continue to do what they want, as they have already been doing for years, with some states allowing ICAO pilots to operate at a higher age limit within their airspace than their own pilots can.
The path of least resistance for the ICAO bureauracry would be to raise it to 67 to avoid a hot mess for their most significant member. If enough other member states protested vehemently, then it could become contentious.
Think of ICAO not as city hall but rather the board of a condo HOA... and the US is a rental corporation which owns half of the units in the building.
Possibly, but do you honestly think all the Unions in Europe will embrace workimg longer when they already have 65 presently? But all hail the mighty USA is changing it too 67 and so should you!. lol good luck w that!
The scheduling nightmare this presents is mindblowing to say the least. lets say if we go to france you can be 65 but italy is 67 and Spain is 66.
this just opens up a can of worms and is why airline management doesn't want this as well as LTD abuse.
As far as ALPA I believe we should have had a vote to see what the majority of the membership wanted, yes I know we don't mean beans to the legislators , but it would cement to those on both sides what direction we want our union to go.
it also would hopefully stop those who are going outside our union for their own self interests? yeah probably not but....
Now it's just a hot mess with people flinging feces on both sides of the Isle. personally i don't give a rats behind either way.
Another problem is if/when it goes to 67 the same folks will argue age discrimination and shoot for 69? 71? die? like it or not we are in a safety sensitive job and the line should be drawn somewhere? where? idk I'll leave that up to the membership.
The only good thing is unlike going from 60 to 65 times are better and hopefully stagnation will be minimal. time will tell