Myself being French (me) but not working for AF, I do not particularly want to work until 65
BUT I want to have the option to. Believe it or not, some people really enjoy flying, turning up for work in a nice place, with nice colleagues, all that at the beginning of a great day (I enjoy the days off spent on my boat too). Ok it may not be that common on airliners but that as nothing to do with age, it's just something I have found boring already in my 30s. So
being forced to retire or to continue is against my idea of a modern society.
I see nothing wrong for the individual to decide what suits him best and AF guys get my support only if they are not forcing something onto the unwilling to "agree".
I thought the "Ben Dover" joke from
Sud747 was very funny
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