Dear Huck and others,
When I was under 30 my basic approach to most people over 30 was, 'You ain't dead yet?' So, live and learn.
I have no problem with someone changing their whole approach to something once it becomes an issue that directly affects them. Should I expect everyone else to suddenly develop a massive case of compassion because I am finally hitting an age barrier? I could not have cared less about this until it finally affected first some of my colleagues and then me.
The only thing is, try to keep things reasonably civil rather than being needlessly provocative, especially about something that is already a sensitive topic. Some of the adolescent postings here give me a strong suspicion there are people with too much time on their hands busy impersonating professional aviators for their own shallow amusement. That would be one of the problems with an anonymous forum, I suppose.