I don’t post here much but this topic seems to pull the aggression and immaturity out of many. With the advancement in preventative medicine and a more robust approach to healthy lifestyles the aging process is changing for the better. Within a decade we are going to see a lot of age related disease either eradicated or slowed considerably so tell me why should there be any mandatory retirement laws. I know surgeons, professors, scientists etc that are as sharp as a tack and are practicing in their fields with admiration. I know pilots who have retired and went right into the training environment to produce new pilots so if they’re in such cognitive decline how are they qualified to train, think about that. Everybody’s different and can be sacked medically at any time, age doesn’t matter. All I see here is selfishness. I’m not close to retirement btw but if the person I’m in the cockpit is safe and standard I don’t care what his/her age is. I wholeheartedly believe in physical standards and yes they should evolve with newer protocols and detection techniques but the era of age discrimination needs to go the way of the dodo. No other pilot has the power to tell another to “get out of my way boomer” or whatever other phrase has been lobbed towards older colleagues. I’m sure the many that oppose didn’t get to experience pay for training, post 9/11 lost decade, TWA/American staple, US Air pension forfeiture etc. so keep the perspective that todays time in the profession is great for the foreseeable future. Those who say the economy is gonna tank and cause layoffs well let me tell ya we’re all numbers and layoffs will happen regardless of the retirement age. So get over yourselves and realize in the end we all benefit when we’re not discriminated against.