I have been surprised at the venom in many pilots responses to the new age limit. We are now all working under the same rules, just as we all worked under the same rules when 60 was the retirement age.
There seem to be accusations of betrayal directed toward political parties, unions, "geezers" and anyone else they may think of without considering that ultimately this is the law and we will all live under it as equals.
It will cause inconvenience to some, but I think when we consider what is just for all it becomes apparent that being forced into retirement at 60 has never been fair. Yet we lived under that rule for almost half a century.
There is no question that this has always been a tough business, and it hasn't gotten any easier and probably won't get easier in the future. Being in the right place at the right time has often been more important than many of the skills we have worked so hard to attain.