Originally Posted by a300fr8dog

Others have said that age 60 is just an arbitrary number. I have to agree. HOWEVER, if 60 is an arbitrary number...so is 65. If one wants to take away the "age discrimination" issue/argument then it follows that there should be NO upper limit. I don't support that, but when making arguments here it should be serious debate.

That being said, the issue is not entirely "age discrimination." While we all have our personal takes on this, watching the fur fly over who is the "greedy" one ONLY TAKES AWAY from the ultimate question of: IS IT SAFE? All of us need to put aside the pettiness and discuss this as the professionals we profess to be.

From what I gather, the age 60 rule went into effect in 1959. At who's behest did this happen? Who pushed to get this rule put into effect? If the stories I heard are accurate, ALPA opposed the 60 rule before it became law. Is that the case?