 These could be paid only NOK 500,000 in annual wage, since they received a full pension from their old employers on top of it.The Norwegian Airline Pilots Association stated that this was morally reprehensible, but Color Air was supported by the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority, medical experts, and SAS, who all claimed that there were no medical reasons to not let people in their 60s operate aircraft.The first aircraft was delivered on 1 August 1998.