How old is too old?
Reaching compulsary retrirement through license legislation in a few years I asked the CAA back in May 2003 what effect European Age Discrimination Legislation would have on license priviledges.
After having been sent round the houses (Dept of Transport, Dept of Employment etc) for 18 months I finally got a sensible response from the CAA Legal Advisers Office in January this year.
I thought that I had effectively spread the news through word of mouth but still many of my contempories (the old men of the industry) seem not to have heard and as a recent convert to this forum I am using it for the first time to tell you all that:_
"The CAA will comply with UK legislation when it is made" [ Age discrimination becomes illegal in mid 2006!]
and... the Civil Aviation Medical Forum has recommended to JAA Licensing Standards that pilots over the age of 60 should be allowed to undertake single crew operations................"This proposal is supported by the CAA."
I hope I've made some old men very happy!