As the conference committee meets, the pilot shortage is not even a topic of conversation, it's all about ICAO and how to structure the age extension with the least disruption to the airlines. Most likely outcome, age gets extended to 67 immediately, international flying will remain 65 until ICAO ups the age or possibly bilaterals are in effect. From what I'm hearing, ALPA is trying to find a way to spin this as a huge win. From my understanding, both UA and AA have a robust domestic widebody flying schedule so this might only be slightly disruptive, not sure about DL. Of course at SW it would have literally no effect on operations.