Senior Pilots Coalition, Washington, Dc
Memorial Day Shame: Only 2 Percent of Veteran Airline Pilots Grounded By Congress Are Rehired, Many Forced to Work for Foreign Carriers
Published in State and Local Health Law Weekly, June 5th, 2008
With the next step less than two weeks away in the lawsuit to overturn a controversial 2007 law that was inaccurately characterized by Congress as remedying "Age 60" age discrimination by the airlines, the Senior Pilots Coalition (SPC) estimated today that only about 2 percent (less than 60) of the 3,000 pilots forced out of the air by the FAA and then stripped of their rights by Congress have been rehired by U.S. airlines.
More than nine out of 10 of the grounded pilots are veterans of Vietnam and the Gulf War. Among the few pilots still flying for airlines are veterans who have been forced by Congress under the terms of the 2007 law to find work with foreign carriers...
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