Originally Posted by
koz2000
OV1D -
Would you support an age 65 rule or is it age discrimination as well (I know people who have flown well into their 80's)?
Would you support removing the age 16 (solo) and age 17 (since it is already under 18) and allowing anyone who can safely operate an aircraft and meet the FAR's of flight time, to obtain a PPL?
Likewise would you support an 18 year old to be allowed to be a capt on a 121 operator, assuming that he/she can operate to standards. There are no safety statistics that an 18 yr old pilot is any more dangerous than a 61 yr old.
For now, let's just stick with the glaring injustice that we have in the current the 60 rule. The Federal government is the nation's most blatant age discriminator. Some other age restrictions may have merit, however the age 60 restriction imposed upon Part 121 pilots causes grievous harm and must be corrected now.