I no longer fly commercially at my age. They look askance at me. However, I did for many years. Do not forget the corporate world. A lot of pilots fly corporate aircraft and do a lot of flying in nice aircraft. I found it helpful in corporate aviation to also have an A&P license. When you are not flying the airplane, you can perform the routine maintenance that is required. Then they don't feel like they are being ripped when they pay you for a forty hour week and you only flew for ten hours!