Originally Posted by
Gunfighter
The only thing "urgent" for this "imminent" legislation is the need for cash to continue the grift. No imminent pilot shortage, no urgency for legislation. There is only a need to keep the money flowing. A few politicians and lobbyists have found a niche funding source of mid 6 figure earners that continually refreshes as previous donors who realize they've been scammed are too old to care.
I haven't seen any working papers wanting to immediately raise the age like LEPF/EPAS has suggested.
In fact, the IATA working paper they reference suggests more data collection. Another paper recommends finding a process to align data collection across countries. This one goes on to re-evaluate raising the age after a few years of data is collected.
The only thing imminent is a discussion about steps needed to start considering a raise to the retirement age.
LEPF/EPAS is promising a movie will be in theaters any day when the director is still casting characters and the script hasn’t been finalized.
The only people saying anything is imminent are those currently accepting money.