Ted Cruz urges Trump to back older retirement age for pilots
by Reuters from US news | The Guardian on (#7074H)
Worker groups oppose move, citing studies finding health risks and decline in cognitive skills with increase in age
Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican who heads the US Senate's commerce committee, has urged Donald Trump to support international efforts by an airline trade group to raise the mandatory pilot retirement age to 67 - despite opposition from a pilots association, which says such a move could increase travel risks.
In a letter first reported by Reuters on Sunday, Cruz asked Trump to support efforts the upcoming opening of a United Nations aviation meeting in Montreal.
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