404,
"While I concede that being able to work until 60 may appear attractive, especially if you already hold a command and/or have had several wives or started late in this career like me,
it is detrimental to the pilot body as a whole."
I'm not sure that "as a whole" is true these days. Yes, it might well be worse for some although PC's words in ATW talking of CX possibly having 240 aircraft in 10 years would definiely need them to retain pilots to the max age. In addition the way pensions are going I see lots of people needing to work longer.
