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At the present time, the Committee is working on plans which, if successful, will mean that pilot careers will, starting in the near future, be allowed to run their normal course, without enforced retirement in every case. 

These plans, however, fail to make any provision for the many pilots who reach age 60 in the meantime. As to them, we have urged, and we now urge that appropriate measures for protecting their seniority and employment rights be negotiated theough [[through]] appropriate side letters of agreement on a carrier by carrier basis.

In addition, while theFAA [[the FAA]] Age 60 rule prohibits continued flying as captain or first officer in Part 121 operations, continued service after age 60 as flight or simulator instructors, check pilots, or in flight duties of other descriptions is clearly permitted. Several carriers have expressed a willingness to continue using these pilots in such positions.

Several Association employment agreements provide, however, that pilots assigned to instructor, check pilot or other such duties must have line seniority and continuing eligibility for line flying. Such agreement provisions have been construed to disqualify airline pilots who have been forced to retire because of age from filling these positions.