Indeed there is a clause for airline pilots as reported by the BBC's Six o' Clock News this evening.
"Obviously we will not see 68 year old airline pilots being kept on with failing eyesight"
I guess what the reporter was trying to say was pilots are exempt from this new bill, perhaps?
I don't know if the airlines with compulsory retirement ages under the national limit will finally be forced to abandon their unreasonable limits and bring them into line with other airlines who have the national limit.
I think it's time that particular practice was made illegal don't you? If a pilot can pass the Class One or even company medical then they should not be forced to retire from that airline at age 55 IMHO.
VFE.