It was inevitable that this would degenerate into youngsters wishing the oldies would go away and leave some room.
The present situation where rookies are jobless and owing £140,000 with little chance of a flying position for years is ridiculous and one must have great sympathy , but the solution is not to wish better qualified pilots would just disappear, any more than a poor footballer would wish the better players to disappear.
As to the point of the thread , I have nothing to offer.
Despite, the age going up, most are imposing lower limits if they legally can and invisible limits if they can't.
The old routes of flying turboprops after 60 or flying as an FO are limited as you are in competition with those who will work for nothing.
My policy is to apply to everyone in the EU and sue them for age discrimination.