Over 60 Rule in Europe!?

[solent]

Hi,

Please could you advise, friend l know is 61 currently and has lots of GA experience but no one seems to be sure if he can fly commercially.

Can anyone put this to bed please can you fly til your 65 commercially or not?

Thanks

[unablereqnavperf]

Yes you can provided the joint age on the flight deck is less than 120.

[solent]

thanks for the information, can you confirm whether or not the French conform to this or not?

[89polaris]

he JAA has been advised by the member states which have filed a national variant to JAR-FCL 1.060 that they shall deal with the ICAO Amendment 167 as follows:

France:

For multi-crew operations, France will accept flights into or over flights of its airspace by aircraft engaged in commercial air transport with a pilot aged over 60 but less than 65 years provided the other pilot is aged less than 60 years. Different rules apply to pilots operating for a French AOC. They will continue to be restricted to age 60 for the time being.

Italy:

For multi-crew operations, Italy will accept flights into or over flights of its airspace by aircraft engaged in commercial air transport with a pilot aged over 60 but less than 65 years provided the other pilot is aged less than 60 years. Different rules apply to pilots operating for an Itailian AOC. They will continue to be restricted to age 60 for the time being.

Portugal:

Portugal applies the same rule as France except that they refer to pilots of aircraft registered in Portugal instead of referring to those with a Portuguese AOC.

Hungary:

Hungary is moving to an age limit of 62 for Hungarian pilots. Otherwise, Hungary places no restriction on the pilots' age for flights into or over flights of its airspace.

Note:

JAR-FCL will be amended to reflect these changes at the next opportunity.