Originally Posted by Total BS

So now its a matter of safety? That's not what I have been consistently been hearing. The first class medical is required for captains and typically first officers. The captains have to get a new one every 6 months, 12 months for first officers. At age 35 an EKG is required, and then again at age 40 and once a year there after. I don't recall any of that being tied to age 65 when it happened, but then again I'm one the old fogies. By the way I'm old enough to have seen exceptionally good and bad pilots of all ages.