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politics1 year ago•2 min saved

"Senate Panel Rejects Proposal to Increase Pilot Retirement Age, Approves Boosting FAA Staffing"

The U.S. Senate committee voted to increase safety inspector and air traffic controller staffing but rejected raising the pilot retirement age to 67 from 65. The bill aims to address FAA oversight following recent incidents and includes provisions such as additional flights from Reagan Washington National Airport, prohibiting airlines from charging fees for families to sit together, and increasing civil penalties for airline consumer violations. The legislation also seeks to address the shortage of air traffic controllers and requires airplanes to be equipped with 25-hour cockpit recording devices.

via Reuters|

#air-traffic-controllers #airline-industry #faa

aviation2 years ago•1 min saved

House Committee Approves Raising Pilot Retirement Age to Address Shortage.

The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure has voted to raise the mandatory retirement age for commercial airline pilots from 65 to 67 as the industry faces a persistent shortage of aviators. The proposed FAA reauthorization bill now faces a vote in the full House, but it isn't clear whether the new retirement age provision would be in a final version of the bill or make it through a vote in either chamber. The Air Line Pilots Association, the country's biggest pilot labor union, has opposed the measure.

via CNBC|

#airline-industry #aviation #aviator-shortage

transportation2 years ago•1 min saved

Commercial pilot retirement age raised to 67 by U.S. House panel vote.

The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has narrowly voted to raise the mandatory commercial pilot retirement age to 67 from 65, as part of a proposed five-year bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) aviation safety and infrastructure programs. The proposal faces opposition from unions and an uncertain fate by a U.S. Senate committee, which will consider its version of the FAA measure on Thursday and does not currently include the pilot age hike. The Regional Airline Association (RAA) praised the pilot age hike, noting 324 airports have lost, on average, a third of their air service with more than 400 airplanes parked due to a lack of pilots.

via Reuters.com|

#airline-industry #faa #house-transportation-and-infrastructure-committee