Senior Pilots Coalition Lobbies Against "60" Rule
Published on: August 2, 2007
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The Senior Pilots Coalition says that Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Marion Blakey could help to ease the current U.S. airline pilot shortage and minimize inconvenient and even dangerous airline delays by expediting the FAA's elimination of the discriminatory "Age 60 Rule," and putting hundreds of America's most experienced and best pilots back into the cockpit where they belong. With its membership ranks now topping 250, the SPC's motto is: "Leave No Pilot Behind." The Senior Pilots Coalition is seeking in D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit to force the FAA to reconsider the agency's decision not to grant waivers to a group of pilots who were arbitrarily forced to stop flying at the age of 60. The FAA claims to be working toward the desired rule change, but has yet to begin the rule-change procedure or even just announce the date for the beginning of that process. For more information, visit www.SeniorPilotsCoalition.org.
Published on: August 2, 2007
http://javascript<b></b>:printPage();
The Senior Pilots Coalition says that Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Marion Blakey could help to ease the current U.S. airline pilot shortage and minimize inconvenient and even dangerous airline delays by expediting the FAA's elimination of the discriminatory "Age 60 Rule," and putting hundreds of America's most experienced and best pilots back into the cockpit where they belong. With its membership ranks now topping 250, the SPC's motto is: "Leave No Pilot Behind." The Senior Pilots Coalition is seeking in D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit to force the FAA to reconsider the agency's decision not to grant waivers to a group of pilots who were arbitrarily forced to stop flying at the age of 60. The FAA claims to be working toward the desired rule change, but has yet to begin the rule-change procedure or even just announce the date for the beginning of that process. For more information, visit www.SeniorPilotsCoalition.org.