How cited: Melvin M. Aman v. Federal Aviation Administration · Go Syfert

Melvin M. Aman v. Federal Aviation Administration (1988)

green · 41 citation events across 6 courts. Showing the 7 strongest citers on record (one row per citing case, strongest signal kept).
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Rule Authority · 7th Cir. · 4 citations in this opinion
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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green Yetman, Bert M. v. FAA (2001)
Rule Authority · 7th Cir. · 3 citations in this opinion
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.
Rule Authority · 7th Cir. · 3 citations in this opinion
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.
Rule Authority · 7th Cir. · 2 citations in this opinion
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).
Rule Authority · N.D. Fla.
Aman v. F.A.A., 856 F.2d 946, 948 (7th Cir.1988); see doc. 52, p. 24, n. 7.
Cited · D.C. Cir. · signal: see · 4 citations in this opinion
See Aman v. FAA, 856 F.2d 946, 948 (7th Cir.1988).
Cited · E.D.N.Y · signal: see
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).