The government is considering raising the mandatory retirement age for airline pilots from 60 to 65, the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday. The agency said the change is prompted by the United Nations organization that governs aviation, the International Civil Aviation Organization. ICAO will increase the international standard to 65 on November 23. FAA administrator Marion Blakey has ordered a forum of airline, labor and medical experts to recommend whether the United States should raise the age limit.
See "FAA Weighs Upping Pilots' Retirement Age", Associated Press, The New York Times, September 26, 2006