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‘Age 65’ Rule Riles Some Veteran Pilots

Steve Scott

Monday, February 4th, 2008

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A coalition of the U.S. senior airline pilots are challenging the new federal law that allows veteran pilots to continue flying commercial transports until they reach 65. The Senior Pilots Coalition charges that the Fair Treatment for Experienced Pilots Act, enacted in late 2007, discriminates on age, and they want the federal legislation repealed. While the Fair Treatment for Experienced Pilots Act allows pilots and flight officers to remain in the cockpit beyond their 60th birthdays, the legislation, as a…

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