Originally Posted by
rightseat
I had a chance to attend a talk by Congressman Troy Nehls, Aviation Subcommittee Chairman. He is all in on age 67. ...
Just wanted to add a +1 to the nepotism angle that he is schilling for his brother. That's relevant, IMO.
...Obviously, all airlines are for age 67 because it will save them millions in training costs. Sadly, I think this a done deal. Will probably happen in the next 12 - 18 months.
All airlines? I don't think it's obvious at all.
Maybe for regional/LCC with high turnover. I'd argue it's the exact opposite for "forever job"/Legacy airlines. Training Center costs are mostly a sunk cost for Legacies, with small variable costs - they are not going to maintain any more or less sims based on 65 vs. 67. 64 year old pilots have 5 or 6 weeks of vacation and are top-of-scale, vs. a NH with maybe 2-weeks of vacation, and bottom-scale. Not to mention the potential of the chaos from the US raising the age before ICAO.