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Old 14th Sep 2005, 16:17
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faheel
 
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The age 60 rule will be dead and buried this time next year and 62 initially then 65 will be the new limit.

The population is ageing, living longer and goverments will no longer be able to support retirees.

The answer is work longer to support yourself so the state does not have to support you.

If everyone else in the workforce can retire at 65 then to force a pilot to retire at 60 is discrimatory its as simple as that.

The guys waiting for the left seat and whinging that raising the age limit will keep them from it conveniently "forget" that they too will be retiring at 65.

The industry is not what it was 20 years ago and large paypackets by and large are a thing of the past.
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