SWA&UA Pilots Sue-want 65 Retro & want age 70
06-10-2009, 09:13 PM
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Well if they win this then how is the judge going to say okay the rule should be 70? Because if they say 60 is a age discrimination and 65 is as well then so would any age. Hell if it moves up to 70 they mine as well do away with it and just say fly till you can't pass a medical and be done with it. Then I will officially say ****** it and go find another career as well cause ain't none of us going anywhere after that happens
06-11-2009, 01:29 AM
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let em sue. the clock is ticking. Like Stevie Rae sings....Tic toc tic toc tic toc people, times ticking away.... by the time this is settled, they will be 70 and then its over. Remember, it took 40 years to overturn the 60 rule. Enjoy that retirement
06-11-2009, 02:08 AM
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Hey, they knew the rules of the game when they signed on for the ride...60 and out. They should have gone into some other career that allows you to change the rules as you see fit...like managing a hedge fund.
Why is it I'm guessing most of these guys were the LAST people anyone wanted to fly with anyway????
Why is it I'm guessing most of these guys were the LAST people anyone wanted to fly with anyway????
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06-11-2009, 02:17 AM
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Originally Posted by ATCsaidDoWhat
Hey, they knew the rules of the game when they signed on for the ride...
OFALPA- Old Farts Air line Pilots Association.
Kinda gives "Coffin Corner" a new meaning eh?
06-11-2009, 02:55 AM
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Originally Posted by ATCsaidDoWhat
Hey, they knew the rules of the game when they signed on for the ride...60 and out. They should have gone into some other career that allows you to change the rules as you see fit...like managing a hedge fund.
Why is it I'm guessing most of these guys were the LAST people anyone wanted to fly with anyway????
Why is it I'm guessing most of these guys were the LAST people anyone wanted to fly with anyway????
06-11-2009, 03:04 AM
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Originally Posted by satchip
Look back at my posts and I predicted something like this. I thought it would be the guys who were still flying and about to turn 65. If this is not rejected on some procedural point, they have a good case. They will argue the age limit is arbitrary and capricious. Unless the FAA has some medical research that prove otherwise look for 65 to be overturned also. Sux to be us.
The original poster has chosen to misrepresent the article. No where in the article or in the actual law suit is there a attempt to raise the age to 70. The lawsuit is strickly about allowing pilots under 65 to return to work. There is one comment from a pilot that he could work into his 70's. As long as ICAO is 65 there will be no attempt and the will not succeed in raising the age. If ICAO goes up then the age limit in the US will go up. There is no way a court challange could be withstood otherwise. Once they allowed foreign pilots to be able to fly in the US tell 65 the age 60 rule was dead and gone. I know its popular to blame ALPA but this was a train no one could have stopped period.
06-11-2009, 04:19 AM
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Originally Posted by sailingfun
The original poster has chosen to misrepresent the article. No where in the article or in the actual law suit is there a attempt to raise the age to 70. The lawsuit is strickly about allowing pilots under 65 to return to work. There is one comment from a pilot that he could work into his 70's. As long as ICAO is 65 there will be no attempt and the will not succeed in raising the age. If ICAO goes up then the age limit in the US will go up. There is no way a court challange could be withstood otherwise. Once they allowed foreign pilots to be able to fly in the US tell 65 the age 60 rule was dead and gone. I know its popular to blame ALPA but this was a train no one could have stopped period.
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