Faheel,
Who wants to work to 65? Maybe you do but most pilots do not, this board excepted. ALPA just voted to fight legislation to raise the retirment age and the US Supreme Court ruled that you can have a retirement age in regards to pilots.
Forcing a pilot to retire at 65 is just as discrimatory as forcing him to retire at 60, get over it. Also the FBI and ATC have to retire at 55 so not everybody retires at 65. You knew the rules!
I surely hope that the age will not be 62 by next year. That will be the worse thing Congress could do to the industry. The fight works both ways. The 10,000 pilots out of work do not want to see them raise the age either.
Even if "we" beat the bastards this year and the age 60 does not get raised they just keep on coming and coming. Where does it end? At some point after years of getting beat in the courts and board rooms you would think they would finally stop and give up but NOOOO!