Shot One, you misunderstand me. I believe that there should be no mandate on when we have to stop - if we can pass the medical and performance checks, we should be able to continue as long as we choose. The Japanese are not doing this out of decency to the pilots but out of commercial pressure. The motive is wrong, but the result is a step in the right direction.
Great that the Aussies can see the absurdity of a mandated limit that fails to account for different individual fitness and circumstances. Now just the rest of the ICAO members to follow suit...