A 2nd career pilot has plenty to offer the industry. With age comes experience, not just flying experience, but life experience. A lot of 22 yr. old FO's dont have squat for "life" experience. And I am not bashing the younger guys and gals, I am sure there are plenty of excellent candidates out there, just that the younger ones are without skills to deal with certain situations that experience would help with. There is the maturity factor also, just read the threads and you will see that a lot of them seem as if they were written bye a 10th grader. Just keep your goals in perspective and you will find success. And success is not measured in dollars but quality of life and how others will remember you when your good and gone!