A4sForever said:I don't want to fly for the "man" and then drop dead @ 62 years old. A lot of pilots -- my friends --have done just that.[/b]
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So, alot of your pilot firends have "dropped dead" at 62 eh? Isn't that between 60 and the the new proposed 65 retirement age? I have to admit, I have witnessed the same. I don't care to fly for the airline past 60 either. In fact, I'm trying to bail out early. The poor bastards that have lost large parts of their pensions have a point in wanting to make up for the lost retirement benefit. But historicaly most guys that want to go past 60 either have no life, as A4s says, or are paying alimony for two past wives, a failed business and the boat he can't aford. I never felt like I had to support a change in my retirement planning because of their poor life decisions. I don't think it will pass this year, but next most likely.