You have my sympathy Newt but were you a member of BALPA and if so did you lobby for an increase in retirement age? Also if you are only 55 then on the IPA members Jobs page you will find plenty ofsuitable jobs available. Many outfits are crying out for 747,77,767,737,Airbus Captains as well as F/Os. Mark you, it does mean that you would have to join the IPA at a cost of £6.00 per month to view the pages concerned.