I believe strongly that mandatory retirement at age 60 should be abolished.
It is contrary to the persons basic human rights not to be discriminated against based on age. Yes if the guy is doing long haul and can not stay awake or starts to fail sim rides then a respectful mandatory retirement would be the logical conclusion. I do believe that safety is paramount.
But most of those who are claiming to be happy to retire at 60 do not live in the reality that many of us are looking at; the avg new hire age is about 35 at Air Canada and climbing so many of us are looking at starting our 37k$ salary at at Air Canada in our late 30's (try raising a family on that in Toronto). Please at least give me a fighting chance of making my way up the pay scale and earning a descent retirement the fact is that some of us might need to work past 60 to accomplish this.
Respectfully submitted.