Legal Opinion
Bert M. Yetman, Jerry L. Adams, Frank L. Ahern v. Jane Garvey, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 14, 2001No. 00-2821PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Chief Judge.
Sixty-nine pilots, all either approaching or having reached the age of sixty, petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) for exemptions from the agency’s “Age Sixty Rule.” The FAA, which has never granted such an exemption, continued that trend by denying the pilots’ requests. Petitioners now seek review of the FAA’s decision in this court. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm the order of the FAA.
I. BACKGROUND
In Baker v. FAA, a group of airline captains sought review of an FAA order which had denied their petition for exemptions from an agency rule that…
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