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EPAS Update: ICAO General Assembly Action
Today in Montreal, the ICAO General Assembly voted to adopt Working Paper (WP) 696 (reference section 24.19). WP 696 is a post adoption number for WP 349. This is fantastic news. For the first time, ICAO has formally recognized a pathway to raising the pilot retirement age above 65.
In plain terms, ICAO has agreed that experience, competency, and medical fitness—not arbitrary age—must guide aviation policy.
EPAS recognizes that ALPA mounted a singular attempt to eliminate this reform but has now been left with no option other than to try slowing it down. The truth is clear: the global aviation community has chosen progress, safety, and fairness.
With this milestone secured, EPAS will now move forward on two critical priorities:
Ensuring swift U.S. confirmation of an ICAO Ambassador who can advance this momentum.
Collecting and providing all data requested by ICAO to accelerate the standards process.
We will provide more details and analysis as the ICAO General Assembly closes.
Experience is safety. Today, ICAO has taken the decisive step to acknowledge it.
The EPAS Leadership Team