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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Letters to the Editor

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Don t raise retirement age for airline pilots | Mind Blowing Facts

A Boeing 737 MAX jet heads to a landing and past grounded 737 MAX jets after a test flight on June 29, 2020, in Seattle. (AP Photos)

As an airline pilot, I’m glad my congressman, U.S. Rep. Chuy García, listened to pilots, industry leaders and aviation safety experts and voted against a proposal to increase the pilot retirement age when it was recently considered in committee.

Unfortunately, other representatives made a politically driven decision to support the proposal to raise the retirement age to 67, and it proceeds to the full U.S. House of Representatives for a vote in coming weeks.

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