A bill to amend the age restrictions for pilots.

Bill: 109-s-65
Sponsor: Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK]
Introduced: 2005-01-24 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Age and employment
Age discrimination
Aircraft pilots
Airline employees
Airlines
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Department of Transportation
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Law
Licenses
Retirement age
Social Welfare

Summary:
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: 
Amends Federal aviation law to prohibit the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, solely by reason of a person's age if the person has not attained his or her Social Security retirement age, from: (1) denying, deferring as to, or failing to renew for any such person an airman or medical certificate for the operation of a commercial aircraft; (2) imposing restrictions or limitations on an airman or medical certificate following initial or periodic competency or medical testing which has the same age discriminatory effect on the person; or (3) requiring an air carrier to terminate the employment of, or not to employ, or to take any other action having the same age discriminatory effect on, such person as a pilot of an aircraft. Declares that such requirements shall not provide the basis for a claim of seniority made under any labor bargaining agreement in effect between the pilots and an air carrier by any pilot seeking re-employment by an air carrier following the pilot's previous termination or cessation of employment.

action_date: 2006-03-30
text: 
Requires the Secretary of Transportation to modify the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) rule prohibiting piloting commercial aircraft by pilots age 60 and over to: (1) provide that a pilot who attains age 60 may serve as a pilot until age 65 on the condition that such pilot serves only as a pilot in a multi-crew aircraft operation and when there is not another pilot age 60 in the crew; and (2) eliminate the prohibition against piloting by pilots age 60 and over. Prohibits such modification from providing the basis for a claim of seniority made under any labor bargaining agreement in effect between the pilots and an air carrier by any pilot seeking re-employment by an air carrier following the pilot's previous termination or cessation of employment.
 
Requires the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to report to Congress on the effect, if any, of the modification on aviation safety.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 382.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Stevens with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-225. Additional views filed.
action_date: 2006-03-30
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Stevens with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 109-225. Additional views filed.
action_date: 2005-11-17
text: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S244-245)
action_date: 2005-01-24
text: Introduced in Senate