Mach :
I have no idea why he lied about his age, maybe he was just plain old self conscious about his age and used hair dye too??! How do I know ! But you can clearly see that he did. Pre-filled, handwritten, typed - he signed the form.
His integrity is challenged because regardless of his age the hours of experience claimed are just utter nonsense. If you look at the FAA forms form Ghost you might even conclude that this airframe would struggle to see a hundred hours since 1983 - yet on several occasions Leeward was claiming thousands.
Regarded maybe - an exceptional catalogue of experience you'd need to refer the reader.
As for motor racing drivers - a parallel which keeps being made. In that sport you are unable to progress from junior racing without providing results at each stage. Its all documented and retained by the national governing body or in the case of F1 the FIA.
Many make the point that experience counted in hours counts for jack - well the governing bodies around the world don't agree, they require documentation to stop loud people with big cheques telling the world they have 50000 hours of experience in every type available 5 minutes before they kill themselves... For example....