Originally Posted by
Excargodog
50 year old “career-changer” with zero time?
How about you get a private license before you decide about trying to make a career in flying and blowing all your savings on getting all the necessary ratings. It’s a required first step regardless. Then if you like it and aren’t intimidated by the fact that all that training can go down the tubes with one bad physical, yeah, take out a loan the cheapest place you can get it.
Yep, great advice here that I second, for anyone entering the field regardless of age... get a medical (appropriate to what will be required for what you wish to do, i.e. 1st or 2nd class) and pay for your private pilot certificate as you go with cash.
Oh, and add 15-25% to any quotes you receive for estimated training costs.