Originally Posted by
aeroengineer
Well I would guess Basic Med versus an actual medical comes into play here.
Class 1 medical does next to nothing to check out the mental ability of a pilot. I’m sorry but flying with a guy over 60 is always an adventure. You never know what they are going to forget next.
Really a cockpit with a 60-65 year old really works as the younger guy babysitting the the 60+ guy for a few days and making sure they cover everything the AARP member forgets.