You've had the best years of aviation and benefitted from the best terms and conditions. Why not retire gracefully and actually let a flow of guys come up through the ranks.
That's rather an inward looking over-generalisation. There is far more to the industry than airline folks who have a gold plated pension. The ones who don't - what do you suggest they live on until they can claim their well earned state pension, which is now to be withheld for two years?