ALPA Responds to Age 60 NPRM Announcement

U.S. Newswire, January, 2007

To: LABOR EDITORS

Contact: Pete Janhunen or Linda Shotwell, 1-703-481-4440, both of Air Line Pilots Association, International

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The president of the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) is forming an internal work group to develop a response to the FAA administrator's announcement to conduct rulemaking on the mandatory airline pilot retirement age.

"The fact that the FAA is set to put the Age 60 regulation into the rulemaking process is very significant," explained ALPA president, Capt. John Prater, after Administrator Marion Blakey's announcement at a National Press Club luncheon today. "The FAA is careful to propose rulemaking only when it is convinced that a rule will need to change."

"ALPA...

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