IAHflyr, I understand your decision making process. Had you been able to be given a higher boarding priority, you would have retired early. Now that you will be penalized in boarding priority for retiring, you will go to a minimum work schedule and travel on your off days.

There are many employees who will decide to not retire just so they can maintain a higher boarding priority. As I stated earlier, I've had this conversation with other employees (not pilots) who plan on working (minimum possible schedule) well past their planned retirement date due to losing higher retiree boarding priority.