Trafalgar,
My true colours are not in question. I signed for COS 08 for my own reasons and right now, whether or not the COS99 pilots get RA 65 or have to leave at RA55, doesn't affect me personally i.e. i don't have an iron in this fire. Personal view, and i have held it for a long time, I hope that those who made the COS 99 choice get a choice of whether they work beyond RA55 and keep their by-pass pay. That is for the common good and would have me half smiling in that my choices might have been better.
That said, i do recall the impact on the time to command (12 years+ for me) when RA 65 was introduced. With all the clamoring for a 65 year retirement age by a large group i am just wondering what compensation you would suggest is adequate for the junior guys whose commands you are in essence keeping should you extend beyond your chosen retirement age or is it really, once again, ME ME ME!
RA65? F*** that. Right now RA45 sounds a lot more appealing.