"...in my prime at 66" Congratulations on being in better shape than many your age, 744 but sorryto say that doesn't mean you're in your prime. The brutal fact is you are many times more likely to suffer medical incapacitation now than when you were actually in your prime. And no, your 80+ dentist uncle didn't have hundreds of passengers sat behind him. Beamer. Wayne isn't asking for an extension to 70 but total abolition. No mention of any mitigation or additional medical checks.