AMAN v. F.A.A.

No. 87-2598.

856 F.2d 946 (1988)

Melvin M. AMAN, et al., Petitioners, v. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, et al., Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 12, 1988.

As Amended October 19, 1988.

Rehearing Denied November 29, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond C. Fay, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Washington, D.C., for petitioners.

John Craig Weller, Office of Chief Counsel, Washington, D.C., for respondents.

Before WOOD, Jr. and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Petitioners in this case, pilots employed or formerly employed as captains for major airlines, seek review under 49 U.S.C.App. Section 1486(a) of an order of the Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA"). The challenged order denied a Petition for Exemptions from section 121.383(c) of the FAA regulations (the "age sixty rule"). Because we find that the FAA's findings and explanations with respect to an important aspect of the petitioners' argument...

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