Originally Posted by Timbo

Yup, I flew with lots of former NE guys who had flown the DC 3! Many were hired before I was born (1959).

One guy was hired at 18, too young to get is engineer ticket on the DC 6 (?) you had to be 21, so they made him a DC 3 F/O, by the time he was 23 of course he got his ATP and was flying Capt. ever since.

He retired as Number 1 on the DAL list, great guy, I dated one of his daughters in high school, but it didn't last too long.

Every time I'd show up to take her out, her dad and I would get talking about cubs and flying, and before you knew it, we'd missed the movie and she'd get all huffy.