In Thursday’s issue, the Age-65 story (FAA Chief: Controller Age Limit “Law Of The Land”) referred to the drafting of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that will change the retirement age for airline pilots. FAA spokeswoman Alison Duquette told AVweb the role of the Aviation Rulemaking Committee will be to provide specific economic data to the FAA, not to draft the NPRM. The actual NPRM will be drafted by FAA staff.
Clarification
Key Takeaways:
- The FAA clarified that a previously mentioned Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for changing airline pilot retirement age was not yet being drafted as reported.
- The role of the Aviation Rulemaking Committee in this process is to provide specific economic data to the FAA.
- The actual NPRM for changing the airline pilot retirement age will be drafted by FAA staff, not the committee.
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