Jones v. Air Line Pilots Association, International

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JAMES M. JONES, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 09-1075 (JDB) AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION, INTERNATIONAL, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Before 2007, pilots who had turned sixty were prohibited from flying commercial airliners. In 2007, the Fair Treatment for Experienced Pilots Act ("FTEPA" or "the Act"),

Pub. L. No. 110-135, 121

Stat. 1450 (2007), raised the mandatory retirement age for commercial airline pilots to sixty-five. FTEPA operates prospectively, however, and allows pilots who turned sixty before its enactment to return…