Originally Posted by
RipTide7
Also age 65 does need to work itself out but ""should"" present some opportunity when i actually have enough hours to be looking seriously at regional jobs.
Age 65 won't be your first issue... the 1500 hours will be. And that will be the minimum to qualify for the regional FO job at really, really poor pay (I wouldn't get too wound up on that pay increasing with higher hours... there are too many guys who will and continue to do it for almost nothing).
Getting the 1500 hours will be more competitive, and then with the economy, the likelihood of getting hired at the minimum is slim... maybe more like 2500 hours to realistically get a job for poor pay.