An airplane doesn't care if you're 19 or 45. Being older is no excuse. 90 days is barely enough to train a private pilot, let alone Commercial/CFI/MEI.
All the ATP grads I talked to admitted being "pushed" through the course, whether or not the had the required knowledge and skills. And the scary thing is after these 90 days, these guys start TEACHING OTHER PEOPLE TO FLY!

AVIVIII, I'm sorry to say, but I think these fast-track "schools" are a MAJOR contributor in the "race to the bottom" of the airline industry. I'm sure we all remember how not too long ago some were comparing the job of airline captain at a major with a medical doctor. Now, I personally never really agreed with that analogy, but it tells you how well respected this job USED to be. Thay was because at the time to become a pilot you had to go through throrough flight training (usually with the military) which took both time and a lot of effort. Now, I'm not saying we should all have master's degrees to fly for an airline, but 90 days of training? C'mon, lets get real! It takes almost double that to get the license to cut hair at Supercuts!! In fact most of those guys/gals have an associate degree in cosmetology.....2yrs of training

How do we realistically expect to raise the bar if we continue to have there guys "pumping out" jet FOs in 90 days of training ?

IMHO, ATP is a cancer in this industry, and I consider it almost on the same level as the "pay-to-fly" programs.