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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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U.S. Court of Appeals in New York unanimously upholds FAA order grounding airline pilots over 60, issued by administrator Elwood R. Quesada on December 1 and affecting 35 pilots. Decision by Chief Judge J. Edward Lumbard affirms expert authority.
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NEW YORK, (AP) -- The U. S. Court of Appeals unanimously upheld a Federal Aviation Agency order grounding airline pilots over 60 years of age.
The order had been contested by the Air Line Pilots Association, which sought to prevent Elwood R. Quesada, administrator of the FAA, from enforcing the ruling issued last December 1. It called for unconditional grounding of all over-60 pilots by last March 15.
Thirty-five pilots were immediately affected by the order.
The order previously had been upheld in U. S. District Court.
The appeals court decision, written by Chief Judge J. Edward Lumbard, said Quesada is "an expert in his field," and that "it is not the business of courts to substitute their untutored judgment for the expert knowledge of those who are given authority to implement the general directives of Congress."
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thirty-five pilots were immediately affected by the order grounding all over-60 pilots by last march 15.
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The U. S. Court of Appeals unanimously upheld a Federal Aviation Agency order grounding airline pilots over 60 years of age. The order had been contested by the Air Line Pilots Association, which sought to prevent Elwood R. Quesada, administrator of the FAA, from enforcing the ruling issued last December 1. The appeals court decision, written by Chief Judge J. Edward Lumbard, said Quesada is 'an expert in his field,' and that 'it is not the business of courts to substitute their untutored judgment for the expert knowledge of those who are given authority to implement the general directives of Congress.' The order previously had been upheld in U. S. District Court.