My Dad drove me to the airport as I was not old enough to hold a drivers licence. It was par for the course in those days. The young lads that I mixed with used to coop the assistance of a lady flyer who was able to get around the hire car problem. It was 21 then. As said, pass the medical and the tests etc. The weakness is in the training, more now than 30 or 40 years ago when the standards were much higher. As for the oldies, we will will all be one someday. I just hope that I can pick when to give it away and not be a problem to others, as some are now!!
