The first 65s will come after December this year.
Most have stayed past 60 at this point and retirements at this point are barely a trickle.
- so much for ideas of the average age being forecast to 62 or whatever that was when the 60 rule was taken out -
If any stay past 65 we will find out... I think they have to be an RP or something though... Their pensions would be more than the paycheque as an RP so why they would stay is anyone's guess.
But these guys staying on at the top are a strange bunch who seem to have difficulties letting go... blessed 40 year careers aided by the rest who built it, came and left before them, unfortunately they sucked it up and now they're burning it down so they can fit the ashes in a box and take it with them... It wouldn't surprise me one bit if they stayed on to wait for ICAO to change the limit to 67 or 70 or something...
Their X wives would probably get the pension anyway I suppose, so I guess we'll count on them staying... Fly til you die indeed...