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Congrats! I was rockin' my 1st regional at 24, so you're a few years ahead. I had a friend hired at Delta back in 07' that was a few months shy of 26, so it does happen. We're just a little jealous that it took it little bit longer. Don't mind it.

duece12345

You went to Penn? Why are you wasting your time as an airline pilot? Regardless, congrats!

CODs4ever

Well....to arrive at 24 years old with 2500 TT. Must have started flying at 16 and even then would have had to fly 300+ hours per year to get to those kind of hours. Either that or fly 1000/year for a few years right after college. Must really want to be a pilot to accrue so many hours by such a young age. Life is good.

LGApilot

Thanks guys! Appreciate it. I will be EWR based for life since I'm from NYC...

I started college at the age of 16 and graduated at 20. I got all my ratings while attending college.. After graduating, I worked at the Blackstone group for 6 months(finance related, not flying)before leaving for a charter company(flying job)..The Gulfstream I fly now is also owned by Blackstone. The money at Blackstone was good, in the 6 months I worked there after graduation I earned 125k, ofcourse it was not a flying job. FO pay flying their Gulfstream is $120k per year so not a bad gig. You just don't fly much..

Also, I came from a poor family, my dad was a law professor in Pakistan and my mother was a Math Teacher..When they immigrated to the U.S in the 1970s, they had to start all over. My dad drove a nyc yellow cab for 25 years before starting a small food business and my mother was a stay at home mother in the states..I had a free ride at Penn so that helped(including room n board).. For flight training, I took out student loans from Penn for personal use but used them for the flight training..All in all, it worked out.

LGApilot

United was the only airline I ever wanted to fly for my entire life and the only airline I ever applied to.

Flying101

Unicorns! Unicorns! Unicorns!

DrunkIrishman

All 24 years of it huh?

Congrats, but my goodness it surprises me to see someone as intelligent as you flying for a living. Have you considered NASA? They are hiring astronauts.

Paok

Did you fly at KPNE? Hortman?

crewdawg

I know a few Wharton/Booth/Kellogg graduates, one of them being a current DAL captain who worked for one of the top consulting firms while on furlough. They all seem to spend more time in hotels and on airliners than we do. The Captain I referred to said it boiled down to the $$$$ vs time off that brought him back to DAL.

LGApilot

Hahaha, yea, all 24 years! I would have loved to have been an astronaut but those guys are much smarter than I am. How does one even become an astronaut? I thought one had to be a top graduate of the Air Force Academy or Annapolis and then a top fighter pilot in order to even be considered. If I had a chance, I would definately consider it.