I posted the following on the flight deck forum:
Interesting report based on only 7 articles and data from only 6 out of 18 participating authorities plus this data is based on effectively failed medicals not incapacitation.
The good news is that an extension of single pilot commercial operations to 65th birthday is safe enough for up to 6 passengers although for 7-9 passengers the safe age limit seems to be claimed as 45-54!!!
The worry is that the suggestion is to introduce risk assessment from age 40 with coronary angiography and calcium scores for risk that may be based on issues like stress, financial worries and commuting - something pilots never experience
It will be interesting to see how this is taken up, noting that the individual pilot must be compared with risk in the population of the country of issue
but could lead to much more investigation and cost from age 40 and a number of pilots having medicals refused on the basis of perceived risk scores possibly in the absence of any pathology.
Interestingly that forum seems hell bent on NOT extending any age limit, seeing it as a method of management working them until they drop, so they didnt pick up on my concerns. As said earlier this is not an official recommendation merely a report, but unless some behind the scenes work goes on in the meantime, any age extension could come at a risk.