I'm getting a little bit lost on the thread's track here, but:
I think
nosehair demonstrated some remarkable candidness. No matter what your age or experience level, surely an understanding of your limitations is crucial to being a competent pilot. Nature runs is course, pure and simple. Can't beat biology. Reflexes slow as you age, accuracy increases to compensate. But that only gets you so far.
And when you play the statistics game, the probability of something going wrong unexpectedly on an old (and probably misused
) model is much higher than on a younger model.