Applications and Petitions: None Answers and Replies: Age 60 Rulemaking - Comments of Northwest and Northwest ALPA Orders and Notices: None Rules and Regulations: None Grant of Petitions: None

	Age 60 Rulemaking - 14 CFR Part 121 FAA-2006-26139 November 15, 2006 Joint Comments of Northwest Airlines and Northwest ALPA Northwest and Northwest ALPA are opposed to making any changes to the age 60 rule at this time. The current age 60 rule has been in place for nearly 50 years, and has served safety and the public interest well. The FAA has been called upon repeatedly to revisit the issue - and in each case declined to change the age 60 rule. Now, suddenly in response to a change in the ICAO standards this November, FAA is considering abandoning its longstanding age 60 regulation, and instead following ICAO's age 65/60 rule. As FAA is well aware, ICAO provides minimum baseline standards that international carriers must meet to gain reciprocal access to the navigable airspace of other countries. The FAA can and does impose more stringent safety standards for U.S. carriers. Counsel: Northwest, Alexander Van der Bellen, 202-842-4184 Index