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We had an unusual situation some years ago on International Operations, Australian registered and owned Aircraft, our Chief Pilot (an Aussie) could NOT fly as a Captain only a First Officer while we were in US airspace, he was a Captain when outside US airspace, and always the Chief Pilot.
In what kind of operation?
The age 60 rule here applied only to Part 121 airline operations so you might have been affected if you were QF but otherwise....
Many airline pilots here transitioned to Part 135 charter ops upon turning 60.
Well I purposely didn't want to post too many details, others involved may well be here.
Never ever been with QF.
It was a wet lease with AWAS, we operated an Australian registered Airbus A300-600 for Guyana Airways 2000, mainly between Georgetown Guyana and New York, also to Toronto and Miami sometimes.
Very inconvenient sometimes, we had a problem in Georgetown Guyana one time, got the Aircraft rectified much quicker than we thought, the Chief Pilot was there and a couple of First Officers but the Captain was delayed in transit somewhere, the Chief Pilot wanted to get going without further delay (our Aircraft was the whole Airline) but he couldn't even though he was a Captain AND our Senior Pilot because of this age thing in US airspace.
