PS. I should add that very few stay flying fast and pointy types past age 50. The odd exceptions to 55, and now the Ton and 2-seat Tonka have gone then I can’t see more getting to 55 and only fewer. The same goes for Rotary, as it knackers your neck over time. So then you have a slow trickle to UAS and MFTS roles, or a MEXO to Air Mobility or ISTAR. But that is not many either. So, yes, you can stay flying but normally age catches up (medically or performance wise or frankly you’ve had enough and can’t be arsed with 0630 met briefs anymore!) and so many commission or promote in their later years where their brains (full of 20-30 years of flying stuff) are more useful than keeping them plugging along in a cockpit of some sort - especially if they have to re-invent themselves, what do they say about “old dogs and new tricks?”. It was ever thus, ever since Pontius was a Pilot (Sp.).
