IATA Calls for Raising Pilot Age Limit to 67
08-30-2025 | 11:10 AM
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Question:
Why would the 2nd pilot need to be younger if there’s no degradation in safety???
Why not study it(and collect data first), then make a proposal? This is the CRM equivalent of committing to an alternate without asking Dispatch and your First Officer… aka poor planning and decision making.
08-30-2025 | 11:25 AM
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Why not study it(and collect data first), then make a proposal?
This is the CRM equivalent of committing to an alternate without asking Dispatch and your First Officer… aka poor planning and decision making. This group appears to lack the safety oriented thinking required to make such decisions.
This is the CRM equivalent of committing to an alternate without asking Dispatch and your First Officer… aka poor planning and decision making. This group appears to lack the safety oriented thinking required to make such decisions.
It is possible that ICAO could approve it, but require some analysis or data first. This is just the ask from the big business interests.
Basically.
08-30-2025 | 11:49 AM
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If you note, the proposal would remove the current requirement that one pilot be under 60. So basically since there's no operational data showing increased risk, they're going to the next level. So just like last time, taking a conservative approach initially until they see how it plays out in the real world
Basically.
Basically.
08-30-2025 | 12:05 PM
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08-30-2025 | 12:08 PM
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08-30-2025 | 01:00 PM
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How about if you’re over 65, you must downgrade to co pilot. You can mentor the new and inexperienced captains from the right seat.
I think that’s fair, right?
I think that’s fair, right?
08-30-2025 | 01:16 PM
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Even ‘til this day the F/O(if over 40) requires a 6 month interval on Class I physicals to accommodate the age increase to 65.
If the other pilot’s medical requirements need to be bolstered to accommodate this, you’re admitting exactly what you’d like to disprove - that the aging pilot is less safe. Either that, or you just don’t know. And if you just don’t know, then we shouldn’t be doing it.
Last edited by Clearedtocross; 08-30-2025 at 01:46 PM.
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