Originally Posted by
Splert
ALPA today posted that Age 67 will harm the public and raise prices and hurt the industry.
A moment before posting that gem ALPA posted:
ALPA does not give two squirts about the public interest and most everyone with a brain knows it.
ALPA is supporting another labor group. Organized labor should support organized labor.
Age 67 would harm the public by raising ticket prices for a very logical reason:
If age 67 passes and ICAO doesn’t reciprocate (which they have indicated they aren’t going to. Even Canada just came out and said they won’t allow any U.S. pilots over the age of 65 to fly in their airspace) then there will be pilots sitting at home with pay every month, unable to fly. Or best case scenario ALPA (the organization they’re actively undermining) and the airlines negotiate a buy-out of those pilots… Either way those incurred costs will be tens of millions and those will be directly passed on to passengers. The airlines aren’t just going to eat those incurred costs.