Because of my own situation and more or less having to start over and having lost several years of good income, I am not sorry to have the option of working 'til I am over 60.

No, I don't feel sorry for those who mismanaged their finances and now are 59 and panicking. But how about those who work for legacies and in the movement of a pen, lost the pensions to which they were legally entitled? I have a friend at United and he is about 58.5 and fighting hard to keep working. I don't blame him one bit. He would have loved to quit at 60, but the mismanagement and greed at his own company in the upper management has caused the loss of his pension (for the most part) and now he will be forced to keep working at something.

Maybe he will have to find a corporate job, but I hope he can keep working.

FWIW, I would support a compromise for a few years. 62 now. Then in 5 years make it 64. Then in another 5 make it 65. This way there is still some movement and the guys who need to get to work a bit longer.

Anyway, there is no perfect solution.