763 jock the problem with that is you are then on a very slippery slope. If you do away with the age limits you're on the way to having a 90 year old Captain responsible for the lives of hundreds of people down the back, up front with one of those much less fit 50 year olds you quoted who barely passes his medical every year. (And that's inevitable too seeing as you're gonna see a lot older FO's sitting in the RHS with Captains who refuse to retire)
He's an exceptional 90 year old and has passed all the checks. But are you really happy with this situation as a passenger? Yes it's at the extreme end of the scale but that's still what you're potentially heading towards. I do not want to expand on my previous analogy except simply to say the line has to be drawn somewhere.
Last edited by Plastic787; 7th Feb 2014 at 13:37.