Originally Posted by rickair7777

I'm Lost Gen, would be in about the same boat if not for outside employment, investments, and wife's job. No airline pension, and regional 401k was a joke for all of my tenure. I can see how many in my demographic could prefer to work longer.

With 20/20 hindsight, I could have chased every ACMI and 3rd tier startup to climb the ladder faster, but that wasn't conducive to family life.