drfaust, where did you get that from? I was involved in pilot loss of lic insurance for many years, here is some REAL data for you. During the above time I was made aware of nine in flight deaths of front end crews, average age 37 years. There were many in flight medical emergencies but I dont have the numbers handy, however I do recall there were very few amoungst the over fifty group, it seems that if one is cursed with bad genes they seem to cause problems between about 35 and 45, I will try to dig up the numbers. By the way, this was all in North America about the time obesity began to be a serious risk factor amoungst flight crews.