I'm not in that group, yet I can see the benefits. How is that possible? By what data do you confidently predict an individuals best five years will not still occur before they are 60 under the new conditions, and still be able to retire with the same benefit? It's just a bad guess that fits nicely into preconcieved and poorly considered opinions. Nobody knows for sure until it happens.
Besides, it's irrelevant to the current conditions. The ruling has been made and we will at some point have to get down to the business of complying with it. The longer that takes the worse off the pilot group will be.
The union has been studiously avoiding any mention of the current state of affairs or the inevitable conclusion now only a few weeks away. When the penny does drop who are we going to blame? The agents of inevitable change? The organization who fought the useless fight and refused to tell the truth to the membership? Or will it be ourselves for living in such selfish and short-sighted denial?
Whatever the answer is, it will have no bearing on the CHRT ruling or the direction we will have to go in the near future. It will only effect our attitudes.