US House panel votes to amend pilot retirement age to 67 to counter shortage

On Wednesday of this week Members of the US House Committee on Transportation voted 32-31 to raise the mandatory retirement age for pilots from 65 to 67 in proposed legislation to re-authorise Federal Aviation Administration programmes for five years. “It’s a modest increase but that gives us some time for long-term solutions to take shape,” […]

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