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AINsight: Age 67 or Bust?
Should the airlines should raise the mandatory pilot retirement age past 65?

I’ve long believed that the airlines should raise the mandatory pilot retirement age past 65. After all, it would be a short-term solution for the current pilot hiring frenzy.

But at NBAA-BACE 2019, former FAA Administrator Stephen Dickson told me it wouldn't happen. Yet the idea is on the table. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) is sponsoring a bill to raise the mandatory airline pilot retirement age from 65 to 67.

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Sheryl Barden
AIN Contributor
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Sheryl Barden, CAM, is CEO of Aviation Personnel International, the longest-running recruiting and HR consulting firm dedicated to business aviation. A recognized thought leader on workforce and leadership issues, she is an NBAA CAM Fellow, past member of NBAA’s board of directors and advisory council, and recipient of NBAA’s John P. “Jack” Doswell Award for lifetime achievement and service to business aviation.

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