Originally Posted by
interceptorpilo
I see it a little differently at Delta. I was the oldest in my class at 50. I looked back pretty far and 50 and older was pretty rare (about every 5 or 6 classes). With the very occasional 60ish year old. About two times per year but definitely does happen. I think the average age is closer to 35 with so many 25ish year olds bringing down the average.
I was told that the average new hire is 38 years old with 6000 hours. We had a guy in his mid-50's in my class. Good guy and got 88A at ~month 6 at the company.