Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Part of the rub, much beyond age 60, is that everyone who is younger will experience some slowdown in seniority progression.
But there's no guarantee, for a specific individual, that he will have the health and stamina to take his own turn at age 65+. So you suffer some consequence but don't necessarily see any benefits.
And I'm willing to bet that most or all LTD programs specify "age 65" not "retirement". So LTD isn't going to be an option past 65 until/unless CBAs get re-negotiated.
I was in engineered cockpits when the move from 60 to 65 happened; I saw captains who moved from captain to engineer, return to the left seat, then retire again to the FE seat. Such changes hadn't been incorporated in the CBA's because the regulation had changed since the CBA was negotiated. Consequently, issues such as keeping seniority the second time around reared up, and other things which hadn't been addressed.
Each was handled on its merits as an individual case, or by agreement and MOU as needed.
Negotiations don't just end at date of signing.