Why?

Pilots of Air Carriers: Protect your careers. Possibly you've worked for Braniff, Pan Am, Eastern Frontier, or another carrier that has gone bankrupt, merged or otherwise forced you to seek employment elsewhere, starting on probation wages....again. Many pilots have four or five different uniforms in their closet, gaining seniority only in age, and need to work beyond age 60 to enjoy a decent retirement. Only the largest majors have the big pensions, and therefore are against any change, however, with the demise of the younger hiring age, many of their newer pilots are realizing the possibility of inadequate pensions at age 60. Most, if not all, smaller or newer carriers do not have a fixed benefit retirement. For those pilots, retiring at age 60 could be their worst nightmare. Realization of this fact may come for the non-forward thinking as they get nearer to the guillotine of the Age 60 Rule.

Pilots of Air Taxis: You may correctly think that the Age 60 Rule doesn't effect you. You may incorrectly think that it never will. Consider the Part 135 pilot who did not come under the Age 60 Rule until the FAA, in December 1995, declared, against all logic, that the rule would be expanded to include their operations with planes of 10 seats or more. Consider also this statement in the FAA's reply to the D.C. Court of Appeals concerning the PPF's rehearing. "In any event, FAA has not foreclosed imposing additional safety measures (such as the Age 60 rule) on air taxi operations in the future." You should think about stopping FAA intrusion on your livelihood now.

Corporate Pilots: We have many corporate pilots in our ranks at present. They know that their company's flight department has an Age 60 Rule only because the FAA has one. Your company assumes the FAA has done their homework and has scientific evidence to maintain the rule. Nothing could be farther from the truth. As with Air Taxi's, above, the FAA could impose further restrictions on your operations at any time. You may need protection from the Age 60 Rule more than anyone!