Originally Posted by
FoxHunter
No Andy, it was CR Smith reaching out requesting support for the change. Contrary to your previous assertion CR Smith was the force behind the change. Yes, there were those that were concerned about age 60+ pilots checking out in these new jets. These were guys that had started in the Ford Trimotors, Curtis Condors, before airlines actually flew passengers. Today the pilot age 60 has 18-20,000+ in jets. ICAO has found that there is no safety issue. The data suggests that it in fact the older age group has the lowest accident/incident rate.
Then don't bother reading these links and live in blissful ignorance.
http://www.age60rule.com/docs/1953_asma_aging_comm.pdf
http://www.age60rule.com/docs/1954_asma_ageing_comm.pdf
http://www.age60rule.com/docs/1959_navy_recco.pdf
http://www.age60rule.com/docs/quesada_hesburg.pdf
http://www.age60rule.com/docs/1959_qs_med_panel.pdf
Here are your 'smoking gun' letters. Hardly what it's made out to be:
http://www.age60rule.com/docs/smith_quesada.pdf
As one can see, this wasn't the backroom deal that many make it out to be. The funny thing is that all of these links are from a pro-change website.