Escalating tension over a proposed increase to the pilot retirement age is further complicating the long-stalled debate over legislation to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration — with a new letter detailing discord over a major pilot union’s opposition to the proposal.
- “ALPA’s position to maintain age 65 is flawed and does not represent its entire membership,” former and current elected representatives, committee chairs, and members of the Air Line Pilots Association said in a letter Tuesday to Congress; Bloomberg Government obtained the letter
- ALPA has been lobbying against a change, arguing it would add risk and complicate training; the group’s ...