They say that a person changes careers five times in their lives so why should pilots (we) be any different. This age 60 rule did not just happen. It was there and people should have planned for it. That is one of the problems this country is now facing. People know the rules, traditions etc about an organization then join it only to fight and sue to change them to fit their needs. If you did not like the age 60 rule then you should have never planned on being a carrer pilot and should have stayed with renting aircraft for fun flying on the weekends. Let's face it. The stress and lifestyle of a pilot is different than many other occupations and there is an average age of burnout. For some it is 60 others maybe 55 or 65. A pension is not a god given right and if it goes away unplanned because of greedy airline execs then don't kill yourself trying to get it back at another company. You could be 59 1/2 or 64 1/2 and lose the next one. Then what? Fly till you keel over in the crew lounge? I fly with many captains that have something on the side they do with their off-time. They plan to retire at 60 and grow that side business. BTW, we can not leave it in the hands of the doctors to decide who gets their first class medical or not. We've all been to those guys who seem to be just pay your fee get your 'B.'