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ALPA
Urges President Bush to Sign Age 65 into Law
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/
-- Capt. John Prater, president of the Air
Line Pilots Association, Int'l (ALPA),
issued the following statement after the
U.S. Senate unanimously approved a bill to
raise the mandatory retirement age for
airline pilots to 65. The U.S. House of
Representatives passed the same language,
H.R. 4343, on December 11.
"ALPA has worked very hard
to ensure that its Executive Board's
recommendations, intended
to protect the piloting profession in the
face of a change that was certain to come,
were included in any age-change legislation.
"I am pleased to report to
our members that this legislation reflects
the direction of ALPA leadership. ALPA has
been working closely with both the Senate
and the House to ensure that the legislation
moves to the White House as rapidly as
possible. We urge President Bush to sign the
bill swiftly."
Founded in 1931, ALPA is
the world's largest pilot union representing
more than 60,000 pilots at 42 airlines in
the U.S. and Canada.
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