If you're crazy enough to actually go through with it, you better have a very wealthy spouse or a pile of gold on a deserted island somewhere. You are going to be competing against thousands of kids for jobs that pay much less than minimum wage. We're talking 10-15k a year to fly nice big rj's. These kids have no qualms about living under an overpass or in their parents basement. At 41, are you ready to bankrupt yourself and your family just to play airline pilot?