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Old 11-14-2012 | 03:32 PM
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What's the likelihood of the FAA bumping up the mandatory retirement age to 70 to help bail out the airlines and the impending "perfect storm"of a "pilot shortage" that's looming on the horizon?
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Old 11-14-2012 | 03:34 PM
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Old 11-14-2012 | 04:00 PM
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What's the likelihood of the FAA bumping up the mandatory retirement age to 70 to help bail out the airlines and the impending "perfect storm"of a "pilot shortage" that's looming on the horizon?
IMO not going to happen. There is no shortage. Just a reshuffling of the deck.
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Old 11-14-2012 | 04:06 PM
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In Europe, there's a push to raise it to 67. It will take an ICAO change to make it happen in the US.

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Old 11-14-2012 | 04:07 PM
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What's the likelihood of the FAA bumping up the mandatory retirement age to 70 to help bail out the airlines and the impending "perfect storm"of a "pilot shortage" that's looming on the horizon?
Dude you can't be a pilot and smoke weed at the same time. Bring yourself down to earth, put the crack pipe down and sober up. The age 65 rule came in place to align themselves with ICAO, until ICAO makes it age 70 I wouldn't worry.
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Old 11-14-2012 | 04:20 PM
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I think the there is a much better chance of multi crew licenses with limited flight time, ending the limits of foreign ownership of us airlines, and or international codesharing on a massive scale. None are good options but until pilots spend the $ to counter the lobbying it will be presented as a necessary evil.
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Old 11-14-2012 | 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by crazyjaydawg
Dude you can't be a pilot and smoke weed at the same time. Bring yourself down to earth, put the crack pipe down and sober up. The age 65 rule came in place to align themselves with ICAO, until ICAO makes it age 70 I wouldn't worry.

You do realize crack isn't weed right?
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Old 11-14-2012 | 04:30 PM
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Zero - the change would have to come through Congress.
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Old 11-14-2012 | 04:56 PM
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Originally Posted by DryMotorBoatin
You do realize crack isn't weed right?
Regardless, he's obviously high.

Not going to happen for a while at the very least.
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Old 11-14-2012 | 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp
Regardless, he's obviously high.

Not going to happen for a while at the very least.
I wouldn't be surprised if there is some form of this though...i.e. SIC under 65 or one crew member over 65 if the other one is under 40...some random provision like that to keep em around.
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