Originally Posted by rickair7777

OK, what this looks like is...

IATA is prepared or planning to propose to ICAO at the upcoming (next month) ICAO assembly that the ICAO max age be raised to 67.

IATA is the international airline trade group, similar to A4A.

ICAO is the international regulatory agency (UN component) which maintains a harmonized set of rules to allow easy interoperability across national boundaries.

So this is kind of like A4A proposing age 67 to the FAA. IATA has no formal say, so ICAO doesn't have to listen but IATA's collective opinion does matter.

My guess is IATA wants 67 due to pilot availability... foreign airlines generally have fewer pilots available to hire, and compensate them less than in the US, so they are less (or not at all) concerned with top-heavy workgroups, sick calls, LTD, etc.

So this is not a definitive development, but it is significant.