Legal Opinion
James B. Rombough v. Federal Aviation Administration, and Langhorne M. Bond, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 14, 1979No. 19, Docket 78-4023PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOORE, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner James B. Rombough (“Rom-bough”), a former airline transport pilot, was retired upon reaching his sixtieth birthday under the so-called “Age 60 Rule”, 1 14 C.F.R. .§ 121.383(c) (1977), promulgated by the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) in 1959. Prior to the date of his sixtieth birthday in December, 1975, Rom-bough was a pilot for American Airlines for thirty-three years. At the time of his retirement, he . maintained current Captain qualifications on American’s 707, 747 and DC-10 aircraft. In his more than forty years of aviation experience, he…
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