Originally Posted by
Roberto
DW may be responsible for the Oberstar/ALPA retro language, but that doesn't change the fact that retro was in both the Senate and House bills (S.65 and H.R.1125) that were made moot when Oberstar but age 65 in the FAA Reauthorization bill, which was subsequently passed as the Freedom to Fly Act when FAA Reauthorization stalled.
You are wrong.
S.65 did not allow retroactivity for pilots who had left the company, but apparently would allow it for those who became instructors or SOs.
HR.1125 did not allow retroactivity for anyone who had reached age 60 prior to the effective date. Even if they were still with the company as SOs or whatever.
But the larger point is that without DWs intervention, we would not have SOs returning to the left seat.