If anyone has trouble sleeping, here's the ruling from the 1998 High Court of Australia case re the Rule of 60:
http://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/di...8+%20hca+18%22
I've scoured far & wide to try & find Annex I to the Chicago Convention but haven't been able to track it down. Might be that a change in the Convention is required...
One thing which I've wondered since the 1998 case: Capt Christie was a 744 pilot and Qantas' case was that he couldn't perform that job by operation of law in countries where he'd be required to operate.
What about if he was, say, a 737 pilot? It appears from the case that it was agreed that an over-60 pilot could operate to DPS, NAN and NZ as well as in Australia, due to lack of legislation in those countries forcing overflying pilots to be under 60. Do the 737s go further afield? If not, then by Qantas' own admission, then is the company forcing 737 pilots to retire at 60? Could 767/747/A330 pilots who reach 60, possibly convert to 737/717/DHC-8?