Melvin M. Aman v. Federal Aviation Administration (1988)
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At that time, this court partially upheld the logic of the FAA's customary justifications, finding what the FAA itself has repeatedly held in connection with every request for an exemption since 1959, i.e., "substantial evidence [to] support[ ] ... rejection of the contention that the petitioners' protocol, combined with existing methods of operational testing, would screen out all increased risks of incapacitation or undetected skill deterioration among pilots older than si…
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Yetman, Bert M. v. FAA (2001)
Because the history of the rule at issue has been discussed extensively in published opinions, both from within and outside this circuit, see Aman v. FAA, 856 F.2d 946, 947-49 (7th Cir. 1988); Starr v. FAA, 589 F.2d 307, 309 (7th Cir. 1978); Professional Pilots Fed’n v. FAA, 118 F.3d 758, 760-62 (D.C.
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Bert M. Yetman, Jerry L. Adams, Frank L. Ahern v. Jane Garvey, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration (2001)
Because the history of the rule at issue has been discussed extensively in published opinions, both from within and outside this circuit, see Aman v. FAA, 856 F.2d 946, 947-49 (7th Cir.1988); Starr v. FAA, 589 F.2d 307, 309 (7th Cir.1978); Professional Pilots Fed’n v. FAA, 118 F.3d 758, 760-62 (D.C.Cir.1997), at this juncture, we will only provide a brief recitation.
We shall uphold its decision if it is not “arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law.” 5 U.S.C. § 706 (2)(A) (1988); see Janka v. Department of Transp., 925 F.2d 1147, 1149 (9th Cir.1991); Essery v. Department of Transp., 857 F.2d 1286, 1288 (9th Cir.1988); Aman v. FAA, 856 F.2d 946, 951 (7th Cir.1988).
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Avera v. United Air Lines (2010)
Aman v. F.A.A., 856 F.2d 946, 948 (7th Cir.1988); see doc. 52, p. 24, n. 7.
See Aman v. FAA, 856 F.2d 946, 948 (7th Cir.1988).
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Smilan v. United Airlines, Inc. (1992)
BACKGROUND Section 121.38(c) of the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) regulations (the “age sixty rule”) prohibits commercial flights seating more than thirty passengers from taking off under the command of a pilot sixty years or older. 14 C.F.R. § 121 .-383(c) (1991); see Aman v. Federal Aviation Admin., 856 F.2d 946, 948 (7th Cir.1988).