Legal Opinion
Professional Pilots Federation v. Federal Aviation Administration
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided November 5, 1997No. 95-1604, 96-1025 and 96-1026PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
The Professional Pilots Federation and two individual pilots petition for review of two decisions of the Federal Aviation Administration: not to institute a rulemaking to relax the FAA Rule that requires commercial airline pilots to retire at age 60, and to extend application of the Rule to commuter airline operations. The Pilots contend, first, that the Rule unlawfully requires airlines to violate the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, see 29 U.S.C. § 621 et seq., and, second, that the FAA acted arbitrarily and capriciously, in violation of the Administrative…
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