The old man didn't quit. He passed the next check a week later by the book and worked his way to his dream of getting a jet ticket. Sadly when he was 60 and took his first jet check ride to get his ticket, the FAA grounded him for his pacemaker. Still he had a good run, just before that he was flying for a service that did ambulance and emergency organ delivery. He kept earning tickets for commercial ratings and as a commercial instructor out of pocket and as part of his compensation from the companies he worked for. All he wanted to do was fly airplanes any way he could.
Guess it's the individual man in the end that determines these outcomes regardless of the tech to make up for lack of experience.
I'm talking about this Atlas FO and guys like him.
