Congressional efforts to raise the mandatory retirement age to 67 from 65 suffered a setback on Thursday when the United Nations agency overseeing aviation safety declined to support the idea.
The move by the Montreal-based International Civil Aviation Organization complicates efforts in Washington to pass bipartisan legislation (H.R. 5523) backed by the airline industry to address projected shortages. Similar legislation stalled last year because congressional action without support from other countries would leave American pilots above age 65 unable to fly to many international destinations.
The United States joined China and other countries in declining to support the ...