Artie Fufkin
I must agree with your comments. Putting my hand on heart,if I was in my late sixties, would I really still want to be up all night, trying to sleep during the day, with minimum rest, running the airport security gauntlet, a/c tech problems, ATC delays, weather diversions etc.,I think not. Let the young pilots (modern systems operators) progress through the seniority list more quickly.
Taking the stance of lambourne achieves nothing, and can generate an unsafe flightdeck. Lets hope that he is never faced with a major emergency situation and the captain is over sixty.
Fangio