Originally Posted by
JamesBond
You have a scientific study of that? I think as many people die when they stop working as the other way around. If you truly enjoy what you are doing, that is not necessarily a bad thing.
I don't, but I don't know many pilots who live well into their 80s. Purely anecdotal, of course. I don't have any friends and therefore do not know many people, so take that for what it's worth.