I suppose Im having a bit of trouble grasping this age discrimination thing with you AC guys. I alway thought you had a great pension so it would be nice to have the retirement. (unless you still love flying).
Great questions but it's not really complicated.
The planet Earth flies past 60 and has done so for eons, with the exception of Air Canada.
Virtually ALL of Air Canada's pilots cannot meet the maximum years of pensionable service if they go out the door at the arbitrary age of 60 due to previous jurisprudence which allowed them to be hired past the age of 28.
The membership, virtually all of whom cannot reach max pensionable years of service at 60 because of the hiring age factor, in lieu of a sensible plan, appear to have wound up misrepresenting themselves to the extent that they have no other road to continued employment and pension accrual, other than through Human Rights action, the only avenue presently available.
Is there enough leadership out there on either side to break the hugely expensive logjam without the courts doing it for them? That's the big question.