Originally Posted by dera

I think you misunderstood what I was trying to ask.

Nothing wrong with older guys. But if legacy airline is your goal, you need a pretty solid career before aviation to be competitive. If you've been a Starbucks barista for 20 years, you'll never get that call, because your experience level is lower than your peers, with nothing to back it up. And that's when flow would be nr.1 priority.

But if you've been an Astronaut, then flow wouldn't matter that much.