Age 65 rule to be looked at again. A Press
06-19-2009, 12:26 PM
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Correct me if I'm wrong (really!), but wasn't the change in the age 65 rule a result of international pressure to come into compliance with European standards? If so, I suspect it won't be as easy to reverse as you might think. Plus, it would be awfully unfair to any pilot 55+ who has to once again revise his retirement planning.
On a broader note, you have to hand it to Europeans. They took the lead on RVSM years before the US, and the EU (and the UK, especially) has already moved to rework flight/duty/rest requirements. We can only hope the US follows that last . . .
On a broader note, you have to hand it to Europeans. They took the lead on RVSM years before the US, and the EU (and the UK, especially) has already moved to rework flight/duty/rest requirements. We can only hope the US follows that last . . .
06-19-2009, 01:30 PM
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Age 65 is the ICAO standard. It would take multiple smoking-holds accidents to get it reversed in the US.
Move along, nothing to see here :rolleyes:
Move along, nothing to see here :rolleyes:
Last edited by rickair7777; 06-20-2009 at 03:37 PM.
06-19-2009, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
Age 65 is the ICAO standard. It would take multiple smoking-holds accidents to get it reversed in the US.
Move along, nothing to see here :rolleyes:
Move along, nothing to see here :rolleyes:
Congress would only go for a reversal if their hero Sully approved and he won't do that.
06-19-2009, 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by buzzpat
So if a 40 year old pilot dies of natural causes should we then pass a law that only pilots older than 41 can fly? This CO 61 thing is a canard.
I wonder what the stats will be 15 years from now.
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