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old is today one-quarter century removed from the body of knowledge and experience which it reflects. Under these circumstances, it is wholly likely that much of the asserted basis for this 1959 rule has its origin in a state of knowledge and experience as it existed one-quarter century or more ago. The valuable rights at stake here more than warrant an updating of the setting for this rule. It seems inconceivable that the validity and reliability of these sources would not have been affected substantially by relevant developments during the intervening period. As FAA has previously been advised, ALPA remains fully prepared to cooperate with the FAA in an effort to update such materials, and indeed proposes that such effort be commenced without further delay.

MATERIAL CHANGES IN OUR
NATION'S POLICY RESPECTING
INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS

17. In 1959, there was no expressed national policy against arbitrary discrimination in employment based upon chronological age. The absence of any such national policy apparently justified the statement of the Air Transport Association, on whose support for the rule