Originally Posted by
Grumpyaviator
SWA would be the flip see if that. The new hires are generally older and many in their fifties with great success in training.
That very well could be, it was purely an anecdotal observation over 3 airlines. That said, SWA is a bit different in that they used (has that changed?) to require you to already have had a 737 type. Not sure if that would have anything to do with the success rates.
Originally Posted by
Grumpyaviator
But the flows at AA are in that category as well and seem to do fine.
One of those mentioned, was a flow at AAL.
Originally Posted by
Gone Flying
were you military or civilian track? I would assume he was talking about civilian RJ pilots. FWIW During my time at a regional, myself and most my friends there averaged about 700 hours a year. most the military pilots I have met, especially fighter pilots, don’t fly nearly that much because their job involves much more than just flying.
Mostly mil guy, but that's why I say it wouldn't be a good way to guess age. The highest time guy in our squadron has just over 3k hours and he's been flying since dinosaurs roamed the earth.