Originally Posted by
8v8ter
I was 41 when I was hired, and I was only the 3rd oldest in my class in '06. The youngest guy was 29. Age might have been a problem years ago, but all the airlines are hiring (when they hire) pilots in their 40's and even 50's sometimes.
I wonder if that means that we will see a lot more "lifers" here at the regionals because I am sure being 41 or even in some cases close to 50 would be really hard to leave a nice $60,000-$70,000 a year job flying an RJ to go to $40,000 first year with a family. Even though second year pay or most definitely third year pay would surpass what you were making as a RJ captain.