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Monday, July 17, 2006

Group is pushing to raise pilots' retirement age to 65

Group is pushing to raise pilots' retirement age to 65
Source: The Hill

From the time it was imposed in 1959, a federal requirement that airline pilots retire at age 60 has been controversial, particularly from the perspective of older members of cockpit crews. Airlines at the time saw an economic benefit to the new rule, according to a Senate synopsis. It was cheaper to hire young pilots out of the military who had trained on new jet technology than retrain commercial pilots experienced in piston-powered flight.

 



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