Airlines struggle with staffing planes and flight schedules as the U.S. faces a pilot shortage. American Airlines’ pilot union says many airlines encouraged pilots to retire early during the pandemic, not expecting the sudden surge of returning passengers and more Covid sick cases. The FAA and international regulations pose a challenge by requiring pilots to retire when they’re 65, regardless of their physical health. Now, Congress may consider raising the retirement age.
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DEAR JUNK DNA..
Extending the age knowing people not gonna live to see it is smart and dumb at the same time
Just wait til the gas problems hit the airlines
I don't want a 70 year old pilot flying my plane. Sorry.
Due to men being obese and getting heart attacks everyone has to retire young and it isn’t fair to women pilots who put in the effort and take care of themselves
Better to ground the planes and be safe than to have Pilots falling asleep
There ain't no problem here the pilots are just working from home.. like the Democrats told them to so what's the problem 🤣🤣🤣
They should start pilfering pilots my my side of the fence. We have a surplus.
Trucker shortage now a pilot shortage wow 😲😲😲 what's next a bus driver shortage 😂😆😂😆😂
They need to ground Air Force one save the tax payers some big money
I would volunteer to fly a plane. How hard can it be?
Excellent news although I will miss all the Karen and Ken videos of entitlement.
Pilots are all quiting due to covid
Haha
I'm sure training to be a Pilot's is difficult and takes a lot of time? They should have a program that's trains to hire oh yhea it's called flight school 👽
Employee shortages
What goes around comes around…
Hire low time commercial pilot put them as first officer
Vaccine mandate caused this.
Hire more people.
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The pilot shortage will last for at least five years. The commercial airline mandatory retirement age was raised before, in 2007, from 60 to 65. To deal with the pilot shortage in 2018, there was talk even then of raising the pilot retirement age to 67. That proposal went nowhere. The problem now is that all those pilots who gave up their careers rather than take the SARS-CoV-2 jab will never return to flying for large commercial carriers like American Airlines and United. Those pilots can get jobs flying smaller Bombardier and Gulfstream business jets.
Metallica ✊
Meh, I won't be flying anytime soon until those new recruits get some experience