Age 70 is already being quietly discussed in the halls of the U.S. Congress and ALPA. There was a lot of whining about Age 65 but in the end, there was not one vote against it when it sailed through legislative approval in the States.
In the EU there is talk of eliminating the manditory retirement age for pilots altogether to comply with "human rights" laws.
As always, there will be a two phase process if the retirement age changes again.
Phase One:
Don't worry, that will never happen, the feds won't go for it, ALPA will block it.
Phase Two:
It's a done deal, our hands were tied, we had to go along with it to have some say in the matter.
Over the years this two phase process has been used many times to approve such things as CVR's, locked cockpit doors and drug and alcohol testing. And seniority list mergers...
