Originally Posted by
Wingtip220
Pardon me sir but who the hell are you to dictate what others should do. How many times on this damn site does this opinionated argument have to be brought up. If you want to punch out 65,60,55,35,29,23 do it nobody will beg you to stay. My choice, my life!! Your choice, your life!! There are pilots who are still actively flying their butts off to make back as much of their retirement that was obliterated thru recent bankruptcies and mergers. A lot of em didn’t have enough years left to recoup even a fraction of what they were promised for being a loyal employee for many years. There are families out there that lost a member due the numerous suicides that took place in the early 2000’s after losing everything due to pensions and retirement accounts being dissolved and taken over by the PBGC. Put yourself in the persons shoes who at 57 years old when the mandatory age was 60 leaving work one day knowing he has 2-3 million in a pension waiting for him only to show up for his next trip getting handed a furlough notice and oh yeah your only gonna get about 200,000 for retirement, thanks for your service. That entitled opinion of yours can go pound sand.
So you call those anti-67 as entitled, but the people for 67 are not acting just as entitled?
Older generation tells the younger generation life is unfair, tough. Yet they don’t abide by their own statement by recognizing that yeah they had rough timing and their career didn’t go as well while the incoming guys/gals are potentially going to have decent careers. Life is unfair. You don’t get to change the rules as they become inconvenient and get to stop the career progression that the retirement age causes that you enjoyed.
So no one is entitled to ANYTHING. I’m not saying, “ Thanks for the service, now get out of my seat”. But same time you don’t get to go, “ I had it rough so I deserve those extra few years”.
I’m against 67 because it doesn’t solve the problem, kicks the can down the road, and further makes this career unattractive. While damaging peoples careers. You were damaged by age 65. You shouldn’t want to do the same thing to others.