As a guy who makes a lot of money coaching people for airline interviews, I'll venture to say age 65 hurt me as much or more than most folks.
It blows. We got screwed. DW did us no favors with the retro work.
So--now what? I could carp on the sidelines, or get involved. I chose the latter...and this won't be the last battle. FWIW...there are some ideas out there on ways to help offset (not eliminate) some of the financial damage caused by this change. I promise I'll be working to bring those to the forefront...