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So yes, pilots can work longer. And that's good for older pilots (even if
a little temporarily painful for younger pilots {8^).

An underlying theme that comes out of it though is that pilots want to keep
working. They are generally not tempted by early retirement, but would
rather stay on the job.

There are countries where flight attendants have managed to squeeze in on
the disability insurance policies created for pilots. What do you know -
in such places there are lots of flight attendants out on disabilty, and
very few pilots!

When pilots do suffer a health problem, they are often tempted to try to
hide it - because they don't want it to prezvent them from working, even
if they have a golden insurance policy. Many professions would sieze the
opportunity to be out on disability!

Sounds like pilots are pretty satisfied with their work, overall.