Legal Opinion
Maurice Keating, Jr. v. Federal Aviation Administration and Langhorne M. Bond, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 16, 1980No. 77-3457PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
Before his sixtieth birthday, Captain Keating was a pilot for Western Airlines. Thereafter, he was ineligible to be a pilot on passenger airlines under the “Age 60 Rule,” 14 C.F.R. § 121.383(c) (1979). He appeals the denial of his petition for an exemption from the regulation and the denial of his motion to disqualify the Federal Air Surgeon from considering the exemption petition.
We need not reexamine the validity of the Age 60 Rule nor determine whether Keating is a safe pilot. We need decide only whether the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was…
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