Fullforward: I don't agree with you. All of us are quite within our rights to work until we are 65 if we so wish or if our circumstances dictate the need to work.
Terms and conditions within Europe are being eroded by our lack of ability to form a cohesive Europe wide Union which has both strength and lobbying power. You see cabin crew unions able to dictate better conditions than Pilots and train drivers paid double or more First Officer salaries.
Youngsters need to be educated that indebting their family to the tune of 125,000 euro plus, endangers both their furure and maybe the future retirement of their parents. unfortunately unscrupulous training organisations continue to sell the dream and not explain the reality.