Originally Posted by
Sweatsock
Just starting out at 30 with a private and getting to a major might be a challenge. Even at a fairly quick pace you will be pushing 40 before you can get anywhere close to competitive for a major job.
However we are coming up to one of the largest retirement cycles in history so nothing is impossible.
Getting to a good regional or corporate type flying is doable with no problem.
Agreed, but still go read the link from the first post. Get it in ur head early that there is alot of not so awesome things about aviation careers, mostly first few jobs you have may not pay so well. Kinda sucks after dropping 40k+ on flight training. But if you love to fly, you got 35 good years left for airlines, more for other stuff. Like others have said, would be tough getting int the majors by 40, but if you haul through your training and start building time its possible. Heck, thats a 25 year career, pretty good. But there will be guys in your regional sim classes that are pretty much kids. 23 years old to be exact. But there are many guys that switch careers, or decide to go airlines later than sooner. Dont let the young guys like me intimidate you away from your dreams!
Good luck!