[mod edit: reference to deleted post] the change to age 65 was completely fouled up and never should have happened in the manner that it did. It probably hosed over 70% of the people in the industry while benefiting 5%.

Honestly, that fact that anyone wants to keep doing this until they are 65 or 70 should be grounds for denying a medical on the basis that they aren't lucid. If I could get the retirement program the railroads have I'd push for making the mandatory retirement age 45 - I have other things I'd like to do in life, put up with this crap if I didn't need to isn't one of them.