Thank you for your replies, gentlemen.
I did my last flight on the 21st, Manston to Brussels...and as I passed through Ramsgate station ASLEF were there recruiting drivers. I said it was my last flight and they were amazed...you are apparently expected to work past 65 if you pass the medical which is 6 monthly. Bus drivers have no restriction (bar a medical) and there is no co-pilot there to take over in the event.
Several replies centre on reasons to want to fly past 65. Of course this is not for everyone; some of my colleagues retired at 50 in BA, but not many. I, for one, would not want to fly full time these days but would be very happy to do part time. I think there is a percentage of us who would like to wind a long career down gently as Hunterboy suggests. My point in starting the thread was to establish if anyone else had any knowledge of the legality of enforcing a 65 cut-off, and if so how to go about challenging it.
Last edited by pedds; 23rd May 2013 at 10:40.