Thread: SWA&UA Pilots Sue-want 65 Retro & want age 70
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Old 06-13-2009 | 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by NWA320pilot
If you hope t return to a unionized 121 carrier hope away..... Your chances of returning to a previous job with this type of carrier with seniority and position will never happen. The age limit may be abolished but for those who have retired the chance of getting their old job back is somewhere between zilch and zero.
Former 121 pilots are now poised to sue the FAA for conspiring with ALPA and APA in forcing pilots out of their jobs for no other reason than age discrimination.

The thousands of airline pilots who were forced out because of the age 60 rule could each receive settlements in the millions of dollars. The option of allowing those pilots their right of returning to their former positions with full seniority may become the only viable option for the airline pilot unions.
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