My Canadian warrior,
Your statement " after all the 'love' expressed to me by the junior staff in respect to age 65 etc" is not correct. The AOA comittee decided it could not endorse the company's proposal for NRA to age 65 and by default deny bypass pay for 1500 pilots junior to you on the seniority list, and thereby lining your pockets whilst at the same time short changing the junior crew. This is not how the decision was portrayed to the pilot body but it is the truth. I will leave you to decide who muddied the message.
You are placing blame where it does not belong.