Originally Posted by
rickair7777
How do you do that legally? It wouldn't hold up to any legal challenge.
The FAA, in defense of the regionals and bottom feeders, has long held that all 121 operators are held to a common standard. They can't exactly set a lower standard based on the economic situation. Not that it would hold up in court anyway.
If the airline is engaged in part 121 operations outside the US and Canada, the lower of age 67 or the ICAO mandatory retirements age shall be considered the mandatory retirement age for any pilot at that airline. If the airline operates solely within the United States and Canada, a pilot may serve until they turn 67
pretty sure regionals pretty much only fly to US/Canada/Mexico. (Add Mexico to the above if they also don’t have a retirement age like Canada). other than allegiant, this would pretty much separate regionals from majors without explicitly creating a different rule for them. Also would solve the issue of pilots over 65 flying for international carriers like UA, AA and DL.