need help-retirement age,mandatory or not
 

Hy
We are in a process of changing some legislation concerning flight crew in my country (the old one was done ages ago,under commies laws...)
How is the process of retirement working on your area? Is there an age when you can retire at request (for ex 55 yrs ) and a mandatory retirement age (for ex 60 yrs) ?
What will happen to a pilot if becomes unfit for flying before the mandatory age? Full pension,medical one,or...? You'll have to do a 'ground' job untill reaching the retirement mandatory age? Or you become a 'civilian', and retire at a higher age (for ex 65 ) ?
Is there a 'catalog' or law ,with all jobs,which details our profession,setting it on some kind of ladder,considering aspects like risk,complexity,etc....?
All answers will help me a lot,cause we have to talk to some political guys,giving them examples or references of how it's done in other places,especially in UE ..
Thks Alex

I'm surprised to see that no one takes into consideration the posibility to become unfit for flying before retirement age,or that you're unfamiliar with regulations or options in your area of operation.
I'm still waiting for some answers,it's important for me to get an ideea of how some things work in different areas,cause we have a chance here to improve our laws.
If my questions weren't clear enaugh,please let me know.
Alex

I don't know of any specific law(s) govering our profession in general but a condensed version of my past 35 years on the market (north-west EU) looks like this:

Retirement age, when determined by

• law, normally follows the right to receive some kind of state pension,
• [collective-]working agreement, can both be mandatory and voluntary i.e. permit retirement before being terminated and is generally coordinated with the retirement benefit provisions of the contract.

The special problem we have as air crews concerning the health related unfit for flying situation, before retirement age, is normally solved by a collective or private insurance (Loss of License).
In some cases one may be eligible for a public disability allowance but generally it takes less to be grounded than being considered disabled.

Hope it helps!?