Equally, the AOA quote "allows RA65"... how do you propose the AOA stops it... what have you done to stop it?
It isn't rocket surgery, for starters the AOA could put together a spreadsheet that clearly shows what a difference to career earnings and retirement will mean to a B scaler that now does 17-19 years as an F/O and joined at whatever the average age the last 5 years has been (30-33?).
I fly with senior guys who can't actually grasp what losing 10 years of command pay in your career means in dollars and cents. No seriously. There is no way the junior AOA members are going to get their message about the potential for a huge loss in earnings across to the rest of the AOA if the GC themselves keep looking the other way.
I see a right and a need for plenty to go to 65 if they wish but it would be nice, don't you think, if the GC could say to it's members this is what the cost of RA65 to the more junior members will be.
Just a thought and thanks for the replies.