Originally Posted by chrisreedrules

Age 67 is far from a sure thing. It was passed in the House version of the FAA Reauthorization Bill. It is not in the Senate’s version. Once the Senate passes a version (likely sometime in September when they return from recess) then they will reconcile the bill with the House’s and send it to the President to sign. The DOT Secretary and the POTUS have come out publicly against raising the mandatory retirement age to 67. Additionally, there has been ground gained by ALPA in their behind the scenes lobbying in D.C. explaining the potential downsides to age 67 that many weren’t aware of.

ICAO has indicated that they aren’t considering it for another 3-5 years at best. I’m not sure where the rumor started, or if it was a simple misunderstanding, but ICAO is not “debating” or otherwise “voting on” age 67 come this August. That is false. It would be an additional 9-12 months before ICAO would even meet to discuss it in any meaningful capacity.

So I doubt very seriously that your management is planning on age 67. It will create a lot of chaos for the legacies if it comes to guys hitting 65 and having to go back to fly domestic-only if they choose to stick around. There would likely be hundreds of displacements, tens of millions spent, etc etc… The whole thing would be a giant mess. But it’s a mess 12-18 months from now (if it even happens), not immediately. There will be implementation schedules etc. Perhaps they pass it in the final version of the bill “pending a 2-year study”. We don’t know yet what will happen.