Shame. There's a 64 years 11 month old helicopter pilot flying in Nigeria and I know of at least one other who went to 65 before being forced to retire. I hear there's a 68 year old with CHC in Sudan.
Maybe it's because there just aren't the pilots or because the military "trickle" has dried up, or because nobody trains anymore, but the average age of the working pilot appears to be rising sharply.
The crunch will come. It's too late; even if companies really pulled their collective (excuse the pun) fingers out and started training in earnest, there is going to be a serious supply and demand problem.
NEO