History in the airline industry demonstrates that most of the major crashes are acts of terrorism (9/11), mechanical failure (737 Max) and a few pilot errors in the “under 65” group. If you work for a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulated airline you must retire at 65 (it was 60 until 2011). Everyone is living longer, and each person lives life differently and should be given the chance to add value to his or her workplace.Īirline pilots is where the data and the experience truly show a discrepancy. This allows for equal treatment of Elders and an objective measuring tool. As we hire the young, eager employees we should simultaneously begin to think about testing 60 and over employees for physical and mental strength. Each person is different in genetic make-up as well as physical conditioning. In today’s world it makes no sense to have mandatory retirement ages for any group of workers. In the “olden days” retirement began at 65 because that’s when Medicare and Social Security started. SpiceJet did not immediately respond to a request for comment after the regulator's clearance.When I was thirty, forty and fifty I had parties celebrating my age! Then fifty-five arrived… whoops, next I’d be sixty! For the following five years I lied about my age and continue to do so! Why? Because the culture of the USA is that Elders really have very little to contribute, and that’s not true. One industry source said the new venture, Akasa, was already moving towards 737s. However, Indian billionaire Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's plans to launch a new ultra low-cost airline could give Boeing an opportunity to regain lost ground. It has more than 100 of the planes on order. India's SpiceJet Ltd is Boeing's biggest and only customer for the MAX planes in the country. Jet was recently rescued from bankruptcy and is expected to fly again.
While Boeing still dominates India's widebody market, its share of narrowbody planes fell sharply after the demise of one of its biggest customers, Jet Airways.
The clearance will give Boeing the ability to make a stronger sales pitch for its narrowbody planes in India where rival Airbus dominates the skies with its family of A320 aircraft. Boeing, earlier this month, conducted a test flight of the MAX plane in China. "The DGCA's decision is an important milestone toward safely returning the 737 MAX to service in India," Boeing said in a statement, adding that it continues to work with regulators and customers to return the airplane to service worldwide.Īround 175 countries have allowed the 737 MAX to return to service following the ban, leaving China as the only major market where regulators are yet to give the MAX a go-ahead. The 737 MAX was grounded worldwide in March 2019 after two fatal crashes in five months killed 346 people, plunging Boeing into a financial crisis, since compounded by the pandemic. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said in its order that it has closely monitored the 737 MAX's global un-grounding trend, and has found "no untoward reporting" with 34 airlines across the world currently operating 345 MAX planes.
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