we live in a seniority based system, maybe someone wants to do 3 years wide body captain then retire, they won’t be able to do that if the people above them never leave. Age is something that’s the same for everyone and creates a semi balanced field. I’m not young enough to where I will ever be top 10% at a major with 65 and that’s ok with me, pushing the age to 68 will make me work longer to get a few decent years. As it stands right now I plan to retire at an age that would put me at 30% pushing it to 68 would put me closer to %45 percent which means I will never get a decent schedule in my career. I understand the lost decade, but that decade includes everyone from that decade, no need to punish the next decade of pilots