Originally Posted by 744driver

Disclaimer...I'm not anywhere near 65 (I'm in my 40s).

So, when it is your time to retire, after having been pushed around for all/most our careers, will you retire at 60 and give someone younger a chance?!!

I'm not sure I can afford to retire at 60 and that is the honest truth...whether the rule had changed or not. Please don't lecture me about poor financial planning, blah, blah, blah...

Will you be able to retire at 60? Even if you are ready to retire at 60, will you actually do it because you are done flying? Will you give someone younger a chance at your left seat?

How is that any different for any/all of the guys that have stayed for the additional 5 years...Ask yourselves if you'd make that same decision or not. And please be honest about the answer...I truly don't know if I will go at 60 (the retirement age had not been raised to 65 when I started out), even if I can afford it; there I said it!!