The Federal Aviation Administration has set a mandatory retirement age of 65 for commercial pilots. Presidential candidates currently have a minimum age requirement and I think that there should be a maximum age limit for the same reason as commercial pilots.

I am two months away from my 80th birthday and currently legal as a private pilot, but my flying skills only risk a small number of people, at worst. I don’t pretend that I should be flying an airliner even though I think I could.

Dan Carpenter

Waianae

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