Sorry Raven, but I wouldn't spare a thought for him, and I'm a B-Scale captain with <2yrs to go to 55. I appreciate he may want to keep working for CX (and for that I understand his diappointment), but seriously, 55RA is a surprise to him? We all new what we signed on for, and (should) have been planning accordingly. Sure, peoples' circumstances change, that's why a few years out you start exploring other employment opportunities. There is no way in hell that had I been desperate to work beyond 55 that I would be expecting CX to miraculously bail me out by unilaterally imposing RA65.
Quite frankly, this "age 65 is coming" mantra is starting to smack of desperation for many. If there's one thing this industry has taught me, it's that there aint nothing certain - even if it IS coming, I wouldn't be planning on it in the near future.