FAA to Raise Retirement Age for Pilots

It was an intense and emotional fight that involved national and international politics, labor disputes, economic struggles and medical research -- all over whether airline pilots can continue to fly five years past the mandatory retirement age of 60.
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Del Quentin Wilber

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Marion C. Blakey

U.S. Federal Aviation Administration

Southwest Airlines Inc.

Jim Gorman

United States

Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l

National Press Club

North America

Air Transportation

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Air Travel

Transportation

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Aging and the Elderly

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Politics

Political Policy

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Passenger Air Transportation

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