Originally Posted by
jsled
It is not age discrimination, at least not in the view of the US Courts. That argument lost out years ago. And btw, here are some retirement ages for you...British Airways 58, Air France 60, Luftansa 60. I say keep it age 60 and lets all move up. Every day it stays 60, you move up some more numbers.
That determination was made before foreign airlines were allowed to use over age 60 pilots in US airspace. It still may not be age discrimination (that's subject to change with different courts, anyway) but it is certainly discriminatory. It pretty well lays to rest the red herring of "safety."