Age has got nothing to do with it except that when you are over 50 you get a letter from Saga and are going downhill towards senility and worm food. Should the CAA issue licences to people who are goiung downhill?. I think not. The bloody roads are bad enough with the elderly holding upo the traffic and causing accidents all over the place. Just think what the skies are going to be like if we just allow anyone to have a go as they start to lose theor faculties.
If you altready have a licence then they should restrict use and have retests every year but there is no point in allowing over 50s to train whenre there are plenty of people under 50 who would benegfit more. This works fine in the health service why shouldn't it also aply to aviation?