All this senseless codswallop
In Western, peacetime Civil Aviation,other than crash-induced *
When was the last time that 2 persons died on the same flight?
1-pax and 1- flight-crew?
2 flight-crew?
2 flight -deck crew?
I'd suggest....
NEVER
plenty of lorries thunder along the motorways, nose to tail, day and night....accidents (other than in inclement weather) are extremely rare
I've only read, 2 or 3 times, in the last 50 years, of a driver (including coaches and buses) becoming incapacitated or dying whilst at the wheel......but i don't ever recollect a fatal accident ensuing.
The present 2-pilot setup is proven safe, statistically, NO complete flight-deck crew has died"spontaneously" , consequently crashing.
Therefore, the record in 100 years , shows conclusively that the present system works and people age 65 are no more likely to die than those over 45.
The bloke died at work, his colleagues took over his duties.....happens in all fields of human endeavour, every day.
* just trying to pre-empt all the nit-picking pedants.