In the U.S., there are no FAA age limits for pilots except for commercial airline pilots employed by airlines certificated under 14 CFR Part 121. These airlines cannot employ pilots after they reach the age of 65. However, these pilots may stay on with a Part 121 carrier in some other role, such as flight engineer.

Chief Concorde Pilot MIKE BANNISTER He joined the British Airways crew of Concorde in 1977, becoming its youngest ever pilot at the age of only twenty eight. In his Concorde career Mike accumulated around 9,600 Concorde flight hours, almost 7,000 of which were supersonic - more than anyone else in history.