1. Safety In Numbers, The Age 60 Rule
In 1959 the FAA mandated, under the auspices of public safety, a regulation that requires the mandatory retirement of all commercial (part 121) airline pilots upon reaching the age of sixty. ... By 1958, about the time of transition from propeller to jet aircraft, a transition that cost millions of dollars in training costs, a number of airlines had established mandatory age 60 retirement rules for pilots. Among them, American Airlines and its CEO C. ... Opponents to the rule, such as Pilots Against Age Discrimination (PAAD) and the Professional Pilots Federation (PPF), claim that the rule i...
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