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Meet the 26-year-old airline captain and her 19-year-old co-pilot - CNN.com

I was an rj captain at 24. I know people who were rj captains at 23. Big deal.

"Their employer, the British carrier Easyjet, believes McWilliams has become the world's youngest commercial airline captain"


Doubt it

I doubt it, also. No way. And a 19 year old first officer? There must be no college degree requirement.

What surprised me was the statistic of only 450 female captains, out of 130,000 airline pilots worldwide. Strikes me as ironic to hear people complaining about all those women being hired, taking their slots away.

3 words....ab initio training

Article said nothing about an RJ. It was an A320.

Article said "commercial airline pilot". RJ would qualify for that I'm sure you'd agree.

Besides, there have been UA and AA guys in the past the had to wait to upgrade because they couldn't qualify for an ATP (23 years old). This article has some facts wrong but over all not surprising a place like Easyjet would have very young pilots. I think they cycle out pretty quickly.

I had a 19 year old F/O at Ryan Air in the mid 2000's. No big deal... pitched for work, and did what they were trained to do.

Does being an 18 year old Chieftan single pilot captain count for anything?:rolleyes:

An rj button pusher is not a real captain.

I'm almost scared to hear what you think a real CA is.