YETMAN v. GARVEY

No. 00-2821.

261 F.3d 664 (2001)

Bert M. YETMAN, Jerry L. Adams, Frank L. Ahern, et al., Petitioners, v. Jane GARVEY, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 14, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan M. Serwer (argued), Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Chicago, IL, for petitioner

Christine N. Kohl (argued), Department of Justice Civil Division, Appellate Section, Washington, D.C., Jane Garvey, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington D.C., for respondent.

Eugene B. Granof, Air Line Pilots Association, Herndon, VA, for amicus curiae.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and RIPPLE and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Chief Judge.

Sixty-nine pilots, all either approaching or having reached the age of sixty, petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA") for exemptions from the agency's "Age Sixty Rule." The FAA, which has never granted such an exemption, continued that trend by denying the pilots' requests. Petitioners now seek review of the FAA's decision in this court. For the reasons stated herein, we affirm the order of the FAA.

I. BACKGROUND

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