Originally Posted by
Sliceback
I'm just wondering what happens when they cross over to the 'other side'. Is it like the Dark Knight version of the golden rainbow? I've flown with both <65 and >65 yr olds and the difference is often, as I'm sure you're aware, is the personality of the individual. Nothing happened when Age 60 became Age 65. What happens at 65 and one day?
Oh, a lot happened when Age 60 became 65. Those at the top of the seniority list at the time of the switch got to enjoy 5 more years that their predecessors didn't get to. They also made roughly 7 figures more at the expense of those who stagnated as the result of it. This is not even taking into account guys and gals who were furloughed, who otherwise wouldn't have gotten furloughed. But in any case, they stagnated many careers.
It took many years to catch up to where we would have been had Age 60 not gotten raised to 65. Now that I personally finally reached the top of it all, I'm with you 200%. But forget Age 67. I want Age 85. Now that we (SWA) secured arguably one of, if not the best LTD/LOL in the industry, I want Age 85 and I'll join you and whine to high heaven about the unfairness of "age discrimination." After all, if our Cryptkeeper occupying the White House and the mummies in Congress can keep their jobs, how the hell is it fair that you and I become pumpkins on our 65th birthday?