Can we tidy up whether we are talking
Pension Age or
Retirement Age.
For those at age 50 now, you'll be looking at a 'Pension Age' of 66.
If that's the age we are discussing, that extra year takes the Actuarial reduction from 25% to 29%
Actuarial reduction | lgps2014.org
However if its the 'Retirement age' being discussed, there is none. I'm guessing now that it's the contractual wording that counts.
Does the contract specifically mention 'Single Pilot' and also say something like 'you are to hold a valid UK Commercial Pilots Licence'?
Your licence will still be valid until age 65, the point at which you have, by age alone, 'defaulted' on your contract. This is only because of the ANO. If the contract doesn't mention single pilot, I wonder what, in all seriousness, would happen if you turned up for work on your 60th birthday .... !
There are always other tracks to take;
https://www.gov.uk/retirement-age
If an employee chooses to work longer they can’t be discriminated against.
It is against the law to discriminate against anyone because of:
age
etc
Passengers or crew?
http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/1428/Summa...009May2010.pdf
For example, if an operator is paid to carry a police observer, that observer will be a passenger and it will be a public transport flight. Similarly where a power company pays for its observer to be carried to inspect power lines or where a television company pays for its camera crew to be carried it will be a public transport flight. Where an observer or camera operator is employed by the operator, it is quite likely that the customer will not be paying directly for their carriage so that it will not be public transport.