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(PROPOSED LETTER OF INVITATION)
(TO ALL PROSPECTIVE PARTICIPANTS)
(DATED MAY 20, 1968)


Re: Public evidentiary hearing.
Subject: Compulsory retirement of airline pilots at age 60.

Dear ________:

In its Denial of Exemption dated April 23, 1968 in Regulatory Docket 8783, FAA found unacceptable the proposals in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 27 of this Association's Petition to FAA dated March 11, 1968. Those paragraphs requested that FAA conduct an evidentiary hearing of the customary type concerning the validity and applicability of Section 121.383(C), the age 60 provision, of the Federal Aviation Regulations, that FAA, acting jointly with ALPA, co-sponsor a public evidentiary proceeding in the nature of advisory arbitration, addressed to the same subject.

Both such requests having been rejected by FAA, this Association now has under consideration the sole sponsorship of public evidentiary proceedings for the same purpose, which was the third possible procedural alternative which was indicated to FAA in paragraph (c), Section 27 of the March 11 Petition. This will be the first occasion on which a public hearing has been convened for the presentation of evidence on the subject.

Notwithstanding that such a preceding may now be constructed upon ALPA's initiative and at its expense, it is nevertheless intended, in the discharge of our public responsibilities, that it shall be in the nature of a public evidentiary proceeding in all possible respects, with full and fair opportunity for all interested and qualified parties, whether or not they are in agreement with the views of this Association, to make themselves heard, and having its objective the development of the most comprehensive possible record. We anticipate that, to the extent possible, all of the normal elements of procedural due process of law will be observed in the development of that record, and that the proceedings will be conducted in a highly professional and analytical manner. The public will be invited to attend. 

The evidence placed in the record will be received and reviewed by qualified neutral persons appointed by public authority, who will preside at the hearings. They will thereafter make public their conclusions formed on the basis of that record.

The organization which you represent is likely in possession of data which is relevant and appropriate to a complete and thorough inquiry into the subject. The presentation of such data and/or a statement of your position would be welcome in this proceeding.