Southwest Plans to Fight Pilot Retirement Age
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Low-fare carrier Southwest Airlines plans to support a group of pilots who are challenging a federal rule that forces them to retire at 60.
Southwest plans to file a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court opposing the 1950s regulation that bars airline pilots from flying after they reach 60.
Federal Aviation Administration officials have argued that pilots lose crucial cognitive and motor skills as they age.
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