That is a compromise, but it doesn’t go far enough for me.
As I said, we all signed up to retire at 65. I’d sincerely like to retire before that if I can. For that to happen, my career needs to pan out the way I expected it to when I signed on the dotted line. I know there are pension issues in a number of airlines at the moment, but that is another debate.
Stopping at 65 can’t happen if the goalposts move mid-game and people who signed up to go at 65 force a change in the rules that mean they can carry on until they drop. By doing so they’re effectively forcing the rest of us to work longer than we would wish as the earnings we’re banking on, and the pensions we’re planning on, won’t exist at 65. The bottom line is that I shouldn’t have to work into my 70s because someone else has decided they’d like to.
The compromise is that should anyone wish to carry on beyond the age of 65 they can do so as FOs, on FOs money, at the bottom of the seniority list. That is the only fair way for this to work.
Last edited by DuctOvht; 30th Jan 2018 at 21:24.