I said things must line up really well for someone to take advantage of it and you just gave a case where things line up really well: someone has a pension, retires between 55 and 59-1/2, from a company that allows partial withdrawals, and this person doesn’t have enough money outside retirement accounts to cover the years between 55 and 59-1/2.
https://thefinancebuff.com/age-55-no-penalty-withdrawals-from-401k-plan.html