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Congress OKs Voluntary Age Limit for Large 91K, 135 Ops

Under a recently-passed measure, Part 91K and 135 operators now have the option of establishing a 70-year-old age ceiling for pilots.

Embraer Phenom 300E parked in front of NetJets hangar — NetJets is among the operators that could establish an age ceiling under a recently-passed congressional measure. (Photo: NetJets)

By Kerry Lynch • Editor, AIN monthly magazine

January 16, 2023

Large fractional operations and charter operations now have the option of establishing a 70-year-old age ceiling for pilots under a little-noticed provision in the omnibus federal spending bill that was adopted late last month.

The measure is not mandatory but provides the option of a 70-year-old age limit to Part 91K and 135 operators that logged at least 75,000 jet operations a year in 2019 or any subsequent year. This threshold is half the number of hours of an unsuccessful but similar measure offered in the 2018 FAA reauthorization package that had represented a carefully crafted compromise between NetJets and the NetJets Association of Shared Aircraft Pilots.

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