FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker has asked Congress to leave the current mandatory age-65 retirement age for airline pilots alone until the agency has studied the idea more. Whitaker sent a letter to Congress warning against what might be growing momentum toward boosting it to 67. "It is crucial to provide the agency an opportunity to conduct research and determine mitigations," Reuters quoted the letter as saying. Last month Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg expressed similar sentiments in a letter to Congress, saying it would make the U.S. an outlier in the international aviation community and cause problems down the line.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/age-67-pilot-retirement-back-in-legislative-spotlight