Originally Posted by
FailOperational
I'm just curious.... mainly from those of you working at older/legacy type carriers, what are the retirements looking like in terms of "how many" are actually holding out to 65? Are you finding that there are many that medical out sooner?? or more over, are many just punching out at 62 for SSI or other 60 for military benefits?
just curious what the real world numbers will be like over the next 10 years?
Not to discourage you, but not only are most over-60 pilots not leaving early; many of them who are approaching the mandatory retirement age -- again, for the second time in five years -- are now griping that the retirement age should be raised to 70.
Or, as a fellow pilot so perfectly described the original Fly Past 60 movement many years ago: "I got mine. Now I want yours."