Oldest Regional New Hire
 

Asking for a friend......I’m interest in how old the oldest new-hire FO is.

I’ve flown with a 62yr old new hire FO, but I’m sure there are 64yr olds out there that were just hired.

Age doesn’t matter, what matters is can you pass training? I’ve seen some older guys that were way in over their heads not taking it seriously. It’s not a flying club or pt91 gear swinging, it’s an airline. You’re expected to be up to CA standards at least to pass the checkride.

Majors have hired 63, 64 year olds for sure, no doubt regionals have as well.

Years ago my XJT class had two over 55.

Neither made it to the line.

One didn’t even make it to sims.

Too bald to re-tread?
 

I totally agree
“My friend” still has a few miles left to run and happy to demonstrate that

I just want to throw this out there that ExpressJet has a reputation for working with trainees harder than other airlines to get you through.

Regardless though, you have to be willing to work your butt off. You can do it but as we get older it becomes more difficult. It’s like our tolerance for learning information not immediately relevant goes down and the mind just filters stuff out and throws it away.

One of ours didn’t have the drive to do it. He had made his fortune, sold his companies, had planes of his own and just wanted to give it a shot. Never studied with us, but bought everyone’s food every study session. That sort of thing.

Like I said, didn’t even get to sims. Oh well. Nice guy but predictable results.

Agreed. I recently talked with a 30+ year senior captain from United who said a 62 year old was in their latest class.