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18 FAA-2006-26139-6106 1 union_alias 803849a0 2007-09-26T04:00:00Z 0 G. Schwend Clearly increasing the retirement age from 60 to 65 will unfairly impact the majority of the commercial pilot force. The only fair way to implement this change is to make the change for those persons obtaining an ATP at the minimum age, effective on the date of the new rule. In effect the first person to continue flying past age 60 would occur 37 years after the rule change. Implementing the rule in this manner will create a clear delineation between those persons subject to the age 60 rule and those subject to the age 65 rule. The current pilot force has relied on the age 60 rule for progression. In fact the current group of pilots approaching age 60 has strongly supported retirement at age 60 until recently. Increasing the retirement age midstream will place an undue cost on those pilots who are not yet approaching age 60. This is the majority of the pilot force. Allowing those pilots who are the most senior to continue working for five more years will delay advancement for everyone else. Again, increasing the retirement age will benefit those same persons who benefited by having their senior peers step aside at age 60. These persons will get a double benefit while those who are not yet approaching age 60 will have to wait 5 more years to advance. The FAA should not facilitate this unfair benefit.         FAA-2007:2007-01-01:2007-12-31