Some 18,000 airline pilots will reach the mandatory retirement age over the next seven years
Some 18,000 airline pilots will reach the mandatory retirement age over the next seven years, but finding replacements is becoming a huge challenge. After the deadly 2009 crash of a commuter plane near Buffalo, New York, Congress raised the requirements to fly, increasing the training cost to more than $100,000 dollars a pilot. Kris Van Cleave reports on how JetBlue is exploring a controversial solution.
