Can you bid backwards?
Can a 74 skipper turn 60 and bid back to the 73 or 76 in order to keep working and keep paying the multiple ex wives?
Mind you I reckon that bidding back to the 73 after a career on the long haul fleet would just about kill you anyway - 4-5 sectors a day, 30-45 minute turns etc!
Having said that though statistically many pilots fall off the perch within a year or two of retiring so going back to the domestic fleet may be a life enhancing move!