Photo: #FAA Administrator Marion Blakey last year ordered a forum of airline, labor and medical experts to recommend whether the United States should raise the age limit. By November, the group hadn't reached a consensus, but outlined the pros and cons of the issue.
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FAA Administrator Marion Blakey last year ordered a forum of airline, labor and medical experts to recommend whether the United States should raise the age limit. By November, the group hadn't reached a consensus, but outlined the pros and cons of the issue. (File photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

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FAA to let pilots to fly until 65

Broadcast: Midday, 01/30/2007, 12:06 p.m.

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The Federal Aviation Administration is planning to increase the retirement age for commercial pilots from 60 to 65. FAA Administrator Marion Blakey annouces the new policy Tuesday in a speech at the National Press Club in Washington.

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