Ahem, Ahem, HT 44 years in TRACON ?
Though retired for a while, I deem to remember that retiring age used to be 53 and turned to 55 when our Civil Service Organisation became an ATC company. Thought that the 55 years of retirement age for active ATCON was almost identical in all European states.
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Having had the chance to visit many years ago LAX / SFO / Oakland ATC installations I fully agree in your last comment.