Originally Posted by
Harbour Dweller
If these older A scale Captains need more money what hope do the rest of us have?
By 55 you have had a long and rewarding career. Don't hold back others opportunity of promotion whilst destroying conditions for once they finally get there.
Go enjoy your toys and let your fellow pilots have a go.
I am against it.
Hope? There is always hope. But to suggest that by 55 everyone has had a successful career is to ignore the obvious... I know some guys who had the unfortunate experience to be with 3 or 4 carriers that went belly up.
Argue the merits of 60 on evidence, not expectation. You may be breathing your last breath in the next minute and your last physical may be the last one you pass. I also have a couple of friends who finally made it to the left seat after years of chasing time and airplanes and then had a stroke or heart attack.
And at 43, I would expect the argument about that old fart being in your seat far too long. Nothing unusual...