However that life expectancy has risen since records began, along with the life expectancy of everyone else in the developed world.
It worries me that the 'experts' only just stumbled across the fact in the past 18 months. Of course the fact that it helps strengthen the 'we can't afford the pension' case is a coincidence .
But maybe it's not about the life expectancy of us old wrinklies but about the life expectancy of today's 20 year olds, many of whom would still hope to be ATCOs in 40 years time-unlike many other businesses.