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Old 18th Nov 2005, 15:11
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Raas767
 
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Great news for U.S. pilots????

Do I need to remind anybody here that there are in excess of 5000 main line pilots on furlough in the United States who are only returning to work due to attrition? In addition, the age 60 rule has been challenged for decades and the FAA, NASA and other authorities have maintained that health deteriorates at an increased rate after that age. Although it happens at different rates for different people some are insidious and difficult to test for, therefore age 60 is a good bench mark. Just because the Europeans changed the rule doesn't make it the right thing to do.
I guarantee that APA, SWAPO, Teamsters and ALPA will be throtteling up to full power to try and defeat this bill before it becomes law.
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