Originally Posted by CBreezy

Of course there is. There is decrease in cognitive function as you age. So there should be a cognitive exam for aged pilots.

And don't worry. Those new hires get an EKG at 35. That's plenty young enough, even for the largest pilots.

Originally Posted by Crjdeuce

Forced downgrade at 65 if you wish to continue til 67

Originally Posted by Wingtip220

I agree with everything above. The era of age discrimination needs to go away both on low side and high side. How the powers that be come up with a solution would be the big legal question.

Originally Posted by OpieTaylor

If the woke members of congress get involved they may try and kill it. Easy to point out past hiring practices generated more white males on the seniority list than current DEI hiring practices.

Extending the retirement age exacerbates the sins of the past and rewards it. If they think infrastructure is racist, then it’s an easy conclusion that a date of hire seniority list created pre DEI needs run it’s course as fast as possible.

If WIA, OBAP, and NGPA , can campaign they have 3 times as many members on the bottom half of the seniority list, vs the top half, it shows extending retirement age is just extending income inequality.

Originally Posted by terks43

What do you notice about the co-sponsors? Not a single Democrat..

Originally Posted by FXLAX

As a stand alone piece of legislation, this probably doesn’t go anywhere. But the timing of it being proposed now suggest it’ll be part of the broader FAA reauthorization bill that will be negotiated in the next five months.

Originally Posted by Wingtip220

I don’t post here much but this topic seems to pull the aggression and immaturity out of many. With the advancement in preventative medicine and a more robust approach to healthy lifestyles the aging process is changing for the better. Within a decade we are going to see a lot of age related disease either eradicated or slowed considerably so tell me why should there be any mandatory retirement laws. I know surgeons, professors, scientists etc that are as sharp as a tack and are practicing in their fields with admiration. I know pilots who have retired and went right into the training environment to produce new pilots so if they’re in such cognitive decline how are they qualified to train, think about that. Everybody’s different and can be sacked medically at any time, age doesn’t matter. All I see here is selfishness. I’m not close to retirement btw but if the person I’m in the cockpit is safe and standard I don’t care what his/her age is. I wholeheartedly believe in physical standards and yes they should evolve with newer protocols and detection techniques but the era of age discrimination needs to go the way of the dodo. No other pilot has the power to tell another to “get out of my way boomer” or whatever other phrase has been lobbed towards older colleagues. I’m sure the many that oppose didn’t get to experience pay for training, post 9/11 lost decade, TWA/American staple, US Air pension forfeiture etc. so keep the perspective that todays time in the profession is great for the foreseeable future. Those who say the economy is gonna tank and cause layoffs well let me tell ya we’re all numbers and layoffs will happen regardless of the retirement age. So get over yourselves and realize in the end we all benefit when we’re not discriminated against.

Originally Posted by rickair7777

The reason is $. If lots of people buy tickets, airlines will provide service. If they're short of resources (pilots), they'll do triage based on revenue & profitability... that's what's happening at the regionals.

They're not going to allocate service based on what's "fair" or how far people have to drive, and lose their arse in the process.

Originally Posted by JulesWinfield

Lots of these routes are EAS. Reverse distribution of wealth.