Originally Posted by
interceptorpilo
It comes down to a philosophy on work/life balance. Do you want to work longer and therefore have more dollars in your account? Or do you want to work less years and have the years you do work have a better seniority - and all that goes along with it? Also if you have/ had a plan to work to 65 or ANY AGE YOUNGER than 65 then 67 is a net loss for you.
Fair enough. I get that. It will affect pilots who decide to leave early. Their decision to do that should not have consequences for those senior to them.
I happen to like my job. At my BES level, I can modulate my seniority for a work/life balance that gives me the opprtunity to do both well. The ability to turn on/off my income stream is a nice perk that I like and, after a career's worth of black swan events, I feel like I've earned.