AVweb's Question Of The Week
Apr 21, 2003
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AVweb's Question Of The Week...

Our question last week on the "Age 60" rule for Part 121 pilots elicited responses from over 1,100 AVweb readers. The clear majority (71%) felt that there should not be a mandatory retirement age for Part 121 pilots, with 67% indicating that the inability to pass a physical should be the determining factor for retirement. Numerous respondents felt the "Age 60" rule is age discrimination, pure and simple. According to one airline pilot : "Under our present politically-induced system, a pilot can pass a PC, pass a flight physical, fly a plane load of passengers around the worst weather to make a Cat-IIIA approach ... and then go home to a birthday party which destroys his career. Age discrimination is wrong and should be abolished."

To check out the complete results, including comments, go to http://www.avweb.com/qotw.

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