hunterboy
First off, thankyou for taking my critique so well. For starters one has to agree on a common playing field; and that's not the case here. Your last sentence hit the nail on the head – for me, elections don't play a role because we don't live in a democratic system (certainly insofar as the general population is concerned). If I'm correct then that begs the question, who is running the show ? I'm sure you can guess the rest.
The increase in the retirement age is not about getting people to work longer. It's about delaying the payment of their pension until they reach that age. In the case of pilots, those who do work longer, generally do so under (new) conditions more favourable to the company. Brevity dictates that I simplify
as well as generalise but that is basically it.