Originally Posted by
Aurora8
I always look up front when I board an airliner, and am always happy when there's a 'gray hair' flying; no substitute for experience in this business (and no, I'm not close to 65...).
My AME told me at my last 1st Class that I am 'way ahead of [my] cohort' i.e., in better shape, and she's very thorough. So age is relative - one guys 35 is another's 50 - that's what medicals are for.
Haha. My ame many years ago told me that he had just given an extremely fit pilot his first class medical. The man walked out of his office and had a heart attack on the side walk and died. Age had no bearing on it at all.