Living in the real world
Hunterboy, with respect, your analysis is incorrect. In an age of mass unemployment (not least amongst pilots) it is not in society's interest to increase working hours or the age of retirement, quite the contrary. The reason for doing so is driven by one issue and one issue only – maximising profit. And that issue is driven not by society, nor by governments but by industry. For the last 20 years or so the very measures which you support have been implemented and steadily increased and the result has not been less instability or poverty but the exact opposite. Despite this, you accuse others of not living in the present, testimony to how effective industry has been in clouding the real issue.