Hi PeterCR23. Thank you very much. I wish you all the best too.
For same people, ALL ATP is considered a bit like cheating. The fast track program that they offer, it could take you up to CFI, CFII, MEI in 90 days (so they say); that is usually what you get in years at the local FBO. Not to mention that ATP is 200hrs multi. But as we were discussing in the previous postings, it is mainly up to you. Those 90 days are not that easy. It means that for 90 day, three months of complite dedication to study and flying (which is nothing compared to the satisfaction of achieving a dream) My instructor dd that course, but with the self-paced option. It took him 10 months to finish it. If I was a US citizen I would have done that a year ago.. I should nt complain, I am blessed enough to be here, with all the opportunity that US offers.
To answer to your question, when I took my PPL checkride, I asked the examiner if he thought that 32 years was too late to begin a pilot's career. He answered me that airlines rather hire older pilots then younger, because above all they have more life experience, which helps good judgement. Now I am still sceptic about that answer, but at least I have something that reassures me.