Originally Posted by
tallpilot
Is it 66 year olds with 64 year olds? 60? Below 60?
This starts to get ridiculous but if you always pair older with younger then why do the standards have to increase? Can we have the lower standard if we agree to retire at 65???
The proposal stated:
a) support the extension of the upper age limit for pilots engaged in multi-pilot international
commercial air transport (CAT) to 67 years, provided another pilot is under age 65;
That part makes sense, and is actually good for younger pilots since it allows older, senior pilots who want to remain FO/IRO to do so, potentially freeing upgrade slots.
Right now an older, senior FO can have bidding issues, since many or most of the best trips go to senior CA's , who are also old. A 60+ can't bid those (unless somebody's CBA has a provision where they get paid to not fly in that case).
So old, senior FO's currently have an incentive to upgrade since they can't even fly senior trips as FO/IRO. The IATA proposal would narrow that window from five down to two years.