WASHINGTON — Airline pilots will be allowed to fly until they turn 65 instead of the current mandatory retirement age of 60 under a proposal to be announced Tuesday by Federal Aviation Administrator Marion Blakey.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/4510699.html
Besides being opposed by the airlines, who don't mind shedding the highest salaries, later retirement always been opposed by younger ATPs who want to move up.
As always, any claim that safety is a consideration is boooooogus.