Your points are well made but I'd caution against casting the over seventies as a bloc. Some of us make great efforts to stay fit and I still have my own teeth! Seriously, though, my point is more of a high-level policy position. Pre-Covid, the regulators seemed to be moving towards a view that if a person is safe to drive a car, he/she can equally fly a recreational aircraft. It would be nice to think that the CAA GA Department might start with a blank page once freed from the dead hand of Brussels.