When asked if i had any questions at my final board interview with BA last AUGUST I asked the interviewers (one of who was the then head of recruitment) whether BA would be forced to lift the retirement age limit in order to conform the the new EU regs in 2006 and there was alot of unconfortable shuffling! The reply was "it's currently a hotly debated topic"...(!) Needless to say I wasn't offered the job! Incidently I happen to know there's an action group out there (the name escapes me) taking BA on in the courts with a couple of test cases over retirement at 55 and the resulting loss of earnings. They want £400 to put your name in the hat. Maybe some of you recently retired BA guys know more about it?