Actually Doc, I am more than twice that old, and flying is not my first career. A side comment about the C-421, like most piston twins, single engine performance is less than stellar making it unforgiving of careless pilots.

However, you are correct: we don't [I]actually[I] know how you fly. But no matter how well you manipulate the airplane, the tone and words of your comments about how simple it is to be a pilot demonstrates to me that you have the wrong attitude about flying. An important trait in anyone who flies is humility, because a humble pilot knows the limits of his aircraft and of himself. Pilots think they can do anything, often try unsuccessfully. I would rather trust my family to a 100 hour private pilot who knows when to say when, than a gazillion hour pilot who [I]knows[I] he is Chuck Yeager, Bob Hoover, and Patty Wagstaff all rolled into one. You sound closer to the latter.

To revisit your comment abut "not being anybody's copilot," even if one were capable of being a 747 captain without experience, no insurance company would cover him without going up through the ranks. They know the risk is too great. The airlines agree.