I think that the oddies are in your favour in Maun as the little guy. I am not sure if a 30k hour airline captain would be flexible enough to cope with the ever shifting problems of load sheets and lack of coffee, soft toilet paper and air conditioning - also there is the small matter of being able to swing the leg nonchalantly on a regular blond basis with reduced risk of SIDA or syphilis from an over enthusiastic amateur or even a professional.
All these things become desirable and apparent with the onsetting of the old age. When you are young you can cope easily with malaria. When you are older you have to take quinine and that tastes so bad you have to mix it with gin. Being old and to fly drunk is much harder than to be young and do the same - most certainly also if you have to wear the glasses, especially if they are bi focals.