Pilots at Southwest Airlines can sock away more for retirement, thanks to a new retirement plan benefit that began in August as part of contract negotiations with the pilot’s union, the airline said.

Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is part of a bipartisan effort to raise the mandatory retirement age for commercial airline pilots. Blackburn, along with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and ...

WASHINGTON -- Pilots of commercial planes should be allowed to keep flying until they are 67 years old, Sen. Ted Cruz, the Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation committee, said ...