Its 55. The company had proposed age 65, and basically tried to implement it with the onshoring process in the UK. The AOA (cathay union) lawyers said that it was not a legal requirement, and would disadvantage the members...thus it has been thrown out. The company is still interested in doing 65 for everyone, but the catch is, they don't want to pay bypass pay for all of those on COS 99. Those that joined after Jan 08 are not eligible for bypass pay, as its not in their contract. Many are in favor of age 65, but those that are junior do not want to be disadvantaged monetarily to get it, as a delay in command takes years to recoup. To be honest, with the downturn, and the lack of needing to extend people beyond 55...which are all trainers/checkers on A scale, I can't see the company really going after it right now. Better to retrain some new guys on B scale, and let the older A scale generation retire....as CX do not have the dire need to crew aircraft, and what better way to trim pilot costs then just allowing the extendees short contracts to lapse.