Flightrider has ASSUMED the senior pilots have got huge pension pots but after years of adding 10% to the 15% my pot was nowhere near the figures he quotes. ASSUMING they have reached the maximum...what pension does that buy in the current climate? You will be shocked. I have just had a statement from my drawdown pension provider to inform me my pot has dropped 35%. You might ASSUME I could sell the house and reduce my overheads but my family want to stay put...so I am still working at 68 and enjoying it...retirement sucks.