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11-05-2012 | 02:46 PM

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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?

I've not seen any over age 60 guys dropping dead, or going out on a medical, in the past 5 years. I'm sure there are a few, but not too many. Seems they all quit smoking years ago and are taking better care of themselves.

If they are 'holding out to 65', it's only because if their company went bankrupt, they have very little money to retire on.

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