Originally Posted by
rickair7777
You could probably do that if it's distinct by fleet, not airline and maybe set a threshold like 90% domestic, to prevent airlines from operating one flight annually on Jan 1st between SAN and TIJ as a pretext to get rid of all 65+.
The current language in the bill does not address how airlines are to handle pilots who are too old for international ops and that's a can of worms anyway. Congress really needs to get the airlines some guardrails on that.
why by fleet? If the airline is a global airline they should be able to require all their pilots fly globally. If I am a 220 CA would I be able to be displaced out of my seat because someone senior turned 65. what if they are junior to me? That would be a major change to how seniority runs things at my airline. What if all of a sudden we start flying the 220 to the Caribbean, then what for those 65 year old pilots?