Whirls,
You're right!! Very well said!!
I know of a commercial pilot who is about to have to stop doing his day job, because he has reached 60. A couple of months ago he did his 22 rating and will now do a bit of instructing so that he is not out of the aviation environment, which he enjoys so much and of course to bring in some extra income.
I suppose we can take some comfort from knowing that the people that do make the rules up are consistently inconsistent?!
Like MBJ says - if you can pass the medical, what's the problem?!
XD