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the Administrator admittedly relied heavily, in a letter to Mr. Quesada dated September 28, 1959, which was annexed as Exhibit 6a to the Quesada affidavit referred to earlier. The ATA stated, in part:

"The airlines recognize that any particular maximum age limit which FAA decides upon....will necessarily be arbitrary.
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....the problem is a growing one which now deserves action even though such action may be somewhat arbitrary."

Indeed, the FAA has freely conceded that the age 60 employment cutoff is an arbitrary one.

18. Today, it is recognized that the termination of the employment of any individual based solely upon his chronological age is contrary to the national conscience and morality. Congress, in 1967, enacted the "Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967" in which it declared that [Section 2]

"[4] the existence in industries affecting commerce of arbitrary discrimination in employment because of age burdens commerce and the free flow of commerce; [b] It is therefore the purpose of this Act to promote employment of older persons based on their ability rather than age; to prohibit arbitrary age discrimination in employment...."