Originally Posted by evansb
Due to an ageing demographic, the average pilot age is indeed increasing. I don't doubt that we will see more crashes involving senior, (65 and older), aerobatic pilots, as well as recreational/private pilots.
I'm afraid you're right, especially as this "aging demographic" seems to with age lose the ability to conduct any sort of even basic, common-sense risk assessment. A case in point would be our friend Desert185's comparing his successfully flying a 747 at FL370 to low-level skydancing in a Stearman. Those two situations have nothing in common other than both involve an airplane.