Originally Posted by
No Land 3
Really has nothing to do with being an RJ pilot. Older you get, the slower the learner you become. You can argue all you want, the proof is in the data. The FAA won't hire some one off the street to be an Air Traffic Controller if they won't finish their training by the age of 33? I am 39 and I don't pretend to hang with the 20 year olds. Getting old sucks.
That is more to due with their very early mandatory retirement age of 56 and pension rules worked out with their labor contracts than anything else.