Bob Ridpath
Pit Bull love
I can't speak to this as a pilot who would be shown the door.I doubt that adding two more years, gets the medical to semi astronaut standards.
I can speak to it as a 70yo, who obviously went through 60 and 65 and 67 and knows best a peer group who did the same thing. Whether in public safety or 121/corporate flying, cognitive and reflexive decline is a genuine thing and that matters when other people entrust their well-being/lives to a stranger. There comes a time to set aside both the job and personal car keys, for good reason
I think this was a (rare) good/right choice on the part of the Senate.
YMMV.