Einstein2014

As to how quickly you can finish your commercial training depends on how many days you are available, instructor and plane availability as well as weather. Average it takes someone about 50-70 hours to be proficient enough to be recommended for the check ride. Usually about two months flying everyday and at a pace of one lesson per day. This may include ground lessons. The bare minimum to achieve a commercial certificate it's 250 hours. This takes time. My suggestion is to visit your local flight schools and sit with an instructor and discuss your options. Best of luck !

PRS Guitars

Very doable. My wife is a nurse and I'd say you actually have the perfect job to make this work.

1.You make enough money to pay as you go

2. You have plenty of time off to train and study

3. You can transition to part time after earning your CFI and can work both jobs while building your 1500 hours. Or better yet, stay full time in nursing and instruct on your days off.

4. You have a solid resume right now, and your nursing experience has given you customer service experience and lots of stories to talk about in an airline interview.

5. As a bonus, you have realistic expectations.

I'd say go for it, but don't use debt and don't quit your nursing job. Also, aim for a major some day, but with the expectation that a regional would work.

Good luck!

TheWeatherman

Airlines do not care how old you are and the fact that you are in your 40s might actually be a bonus. Would you rather hire a person who has already had a professional career and has the maturity of a 45 year old or some premadonna 23 year old who had daddy pay for flight training and posts videos on youtube called "Going Sterile"? Plus, by the time you get to your 60s the mandatory retirement age may rise to 70. There are even some rumors that the FAA eliminate it all together and you can fly Part 121 as long as you can keep a first class medical. And that is not even counting that there are many paths that you can take that don't include going to the airlines at all. You can still make decent money flying Part 135 or go the corporate route which is a lot easier than it used to be due to the pilot shortage.

The point is is that if this is your dream, and you have the money and the time do make it happen. Then go for it no matter what your age. I did.