Any attempt to extend the working envelope of the experienced pilot has to be a positive step towards enhancing safety and allowing the up and coming more time to consolidate. It must not be construed as a blockage preventing the advancement of the young thrusters. It will give the old salts the option of continuing to put something into the business they have been involved in for so long. Some, I know, will be only to glad to escape the likes of JimL and his cronies who, for so long, have struggled to trailblaze the CAA in Europe as the leading aviation authority at the expense of the small operator and the individual. By all means, lean on the BHAB to become more vociferous but do not expect any help from the CAA, their agenda was sealed many years ago with the drafting of many of the most nonsensical chapters of JAROPS.