Why does Alpa oppose age 67?

ALPA and other pilot unions oppose a bill in the U.S. Congress that seeks to raise the retirement age for commercial airline pilots to 67 from 65, arguing it will introduce new risk into the aviation system as no safety agency has studied its implications.



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Air travel is booming, and airlines are struggling to keep up, in part because of a pilot shortage. Congress wants to ease the pressure by raising the mandatory retirement age for commercial airline pilots from 65 to 67. The House approved that in July, and the Senate will vote on it this month.

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In the U.S., there are no FAA age limits for pilots except for commercial airline pilots employed by airlines certificated under 14 CFR Part 121. These airlines cannot employ pilots after they reach the age of 65. However, these pilots may stay on with a Part 121 carrier in some other role, such as flight engineer.

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In the U.S., there are no FAA age limits for pilots except for commercial airline pilots employed by airlines certificated under 14 CFR Part 121. These airlines cannot employ pilots after they reach the age of 65. However, these pilots may stay on with a Part 121 carrier in some other role, such as flight engineer.

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Background: The Federal Aviation Administration's Age 60 Rule, promulgated in 1959, prohibits airline pilots from working in Part 121 operations once they have reached the age of 60.

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Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)—a specialized unit of the U.N.—that has set an upper limit for pilot flying at age 65. As a result, flying through international airspace—including routes prized by senior pilots—will be off-limits to pilots over age 65.

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The 2023 FAA Reauthorization bill ends the incentives that led to offshoring and promotes worker safety through new protections for workers. ?This bill addresses workforce shortages that have contributed to the delays and cancellations that have frustrated thousands of passengers.

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The Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act, which reauthorizes funding for the Federal Aviation Administration and aviation safety and infrastructure programs for the next five years, includes an amendment that would raise the mandatory retirement age for pilots from 65 to 67.

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Retirement values for a 35-year airline pilot career range from $1.8 million to over $3 million at the US major airlines. Retirement benefits are estimated at either 7.5 percent of the defined benefit program, if one is provided, or three percent of the final annual salary.

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The age is currently 65, but an effort to raise it is one of dozens of struggles over various measures that are part of the Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill that is making its way through Congress. ALPA is the world's largest pilots' union, with 74,000 members at 42 airlines in the U.S. and Canada.

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While commercial airline pilots are currently mandated to retire at 65, these same pilots that are forced to retire can still fly corporate and charter jets beyond the age of 65, said Representative Troy Nehls, a Republican, adding the change could help address a pilot shortage.

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For commercial operations (i.e., those conducted for renumeration or hire, including Part 135 flying), an aviator in a single-pilot operation may not be 60 years or older. In the case of commercial operations with more than one pilot, both pilots must be under 65 years of age.

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In late 1959, the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) released its “Age 60 Rule,” which provided that pilots over 60 could not participate in “part 121 operations.” These operations include piloting large commercial passenger aircraft, smaller propeller aircraft with 10 or more passenger seats, and common carriage operations ...

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If you want to become an airline pilot I would make sure that your are no older than 55 – 58 maybe even 60 to have the 1500 hours to start with a regional. This will, in the current state of aviation world, give you a solid 5 years of flying for a regional since the retirement age is 65.

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Crew members who are 65 and older may act as PIC of an aircraft conducting Part 91 operations on international flights. For commercial operations (i.e., those conducted for renumeration or hire, including Part 135 flying), an aviator in a single-pilot operation may not be 60 years or older.

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